Erich Schiffmann
Erich Schiffmann is a "renowned" American yoga master, known for his award-winning 1994 video, Yoga Mind & Body, featuring actress Ali MacGraw. He is the author of a best-selling book, Moving into Stillness. He has taught yoga for more than twenty years.
At age 18 Schiffmann sent a handwritten letter to Krishnamurti and was accepted to study with him in Brockwood Park, England. He deepened his practice of yoga with Desikachar and Iyengar in India, and with Dona Holleman and Vanda Scaravelli in Europe.
Yoga Journal called Schiffmann one of the "innovators" of today's yoga and "an accomplished and popular teacher". He has produced numerous yoga instructional videos and conducts yoga workshops and teacher training throughout the United States and internationally. He currently resides in Santa Monica, California.
He is married to fellow yoga master Leslie Bogart, daughter of film actors Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.Books and videos
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