Living Tradition Yoga is a Yoga School whose purpose is to practice, study, and teach the art, science and philosophy of Iyengar yoga.

We provide classes, workshops, and training intensives with certified Iyengar Yoga instructors to empower students of all levels.

Our mission is to make the health and happiness that yoga fosters available and accessible to all people.

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Living Tradition Yoga
826 W. 11 Mile, Suite 108
Royal Oak
(just East of Maxwell)
248.591.9155

Chris Briney, Director

Instructors

Chris Briney, Director and Certified Iyengar Yoga Instructor

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Chris is the Director of Living Tradition Yoga School.  He received his B.A. from Oakland University in 1997. Just as he was graduating, he began practicing yoga. It didn’t take long for his study of yoga to become the full-time pursuit it is today. His passion for and commitment to yoga has taken him around the country for numerous trainings and workshops with some of the most senior yoga teachers in the world. Chris’s yoga studies have included extensive experience in the following : Ashtanga yoga as taught by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, Anusara Yoga, Vipassana and Transcendental Meditation, Isha Yoga, and numerous courses through Landmark Education. Chris began teaching yoga in 2001.

In 2002, Chris met Laurie Blakeney, a Senior Level Iyengar Yoga teacher from Ann Arbor, Michigan, and began studying with her on a weekly basis. He found in Iyengar Yoga a level of depth and profundity that has inspired him to immerse himself in its practice. After a three-year apprenticeship with Laurie, he successfully completed the rigorous training and testing process required to become a certified Iyengar Yoga instructor in August of 2009.

Chris’s studies have led him to become one of Metro Detroit’s most highly trained and well-versed teachers of yoga and one of only two certified Iyengar Yoga teachers in all of Oakland County. He is quick to point out, however, that for him teaching is a by-product of his commitment to the practice of yoga as a way of life. As a result, his teaching contains an authenticity and integrity that can only come from the experience gained through devoted practice. In his classes, you’ll find this authenticity and integrity blended with playfulness and humor to yield an experience both enjoyable and deeply transformative.

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To contact Chris via email, please click here: chris@livingtraditionyoga.com.

For more information about Chris’ teacher Laurie Blakeney, visit:
http://www.annarborschoolofyoga.com

For more information about the Iyengar Yoga training and certification process, visit:
http://www.iynaus.org/teach/certification/