Richard Rosen (born 1947) is a "renowned" teacher of

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. He has written five books on yoga.

Life

Rosen began practicing yoga in 1980. He trained in Iyengar Yoga in San Francisco between 1982 and 1986, and has taught yoga ever since then. He, Clare Finn, and

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founded the Piedmont Yoga Studio (now called "Nest Yoga") in Oakland in 1987. He is a contributing editor of the ''

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'' and president of the Yoga Dana Foundation. He has written hundreds of reviews of yoga books and videos for magazines including ''Yoga Journal'', and has given workshops in countries around the world. He has had

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for over 15 years and continues to teach yoga and

pranayama Pranayama is the yogic practice of focusing on breath. In Sanskrit, '' prana'' means "vital life force", and ''yama'' means to gain control. In yoga, breath is associated with ''prana'', thus, pranayama is a means to elevate the '' prana'' ''sh ...

including to people with the condition.

Works

* 2002: ''The Yoga of Breath: A Step-by-Step Guide to Pranayama''.

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, * 2004: ''Yoga for 50+''. Ulysses, * 2006: ''Pranayama: Beyond the Fundamentals''.

, * 2012: ''Original Yoga: Rediscovering Traditional Practices of Hatha Yoga''.

, * 2017: ''Yoga FAQ: Almost Everything You Need to Know About Yoga from Asana to Yama''.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rosen, Richard American yoga teachers 1947 births Living people