Tim Miller (born 1951) is an American teacher and author on the Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga style of

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Life and work

Tim Miller was educated at the

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, where he studied psychology and Eastern philosophy. Miller was the first American certified by K. Pattabhi Jois to teach Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga and was one of the first to bring Ashtanga Yoga to the United States. '' Vanity Fair'' refers to Miller as one of Jois' "best known students", and ''

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'' refers to Miller as "one of the first Ashtanga teachers in United States." ''

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'' named him as one of the 10 most influential yoga teachers in America. Miller met Jois in

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in 1978 after practicing yoga for only 8 months.''

'' Magazine: Jul-Aug 3003: OMPAGE, Talking Shop with Tim Miller He went to India to study under Jois, and decided to teach yoga. He became Director of the Ashtanga Yoga Center in

in 1981; it has since moved premises several times. He taught at the first ''Yoga Journal'' conference in 1996 and has been a frequent speaker and teacher at subsequent events. He is known for his affable, un-intimidating teaching style. He has situs inversus viscerum: that is, his internal organs are the mirror image of normal.

Books and DVDs

* Tim Miller, ''Ashtanga Yoga at the House of Yoga & Zen on Maui'', CustomFlix (DVD), (2010) * K. Pattabhi Jois, ''Ashtanga Yoga'', 1st and 2nd Series, Yoga Works Productions (VHS tapes), Santa Monica, California (1996) *

Larry Schultz Larry Schultz (November 14, 1950 – February 27, 2011) was an American yoga teacher who was a long-time student of the founder of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, K. Pattabhi Jois. Schultz is primarily recognized as the creator of Rocket Yoga, a style der ...

and

Janice Gates Janice Gates (January 28, 1965 – October 11, 2022) was a teacher of yoga as exercise and mindful yoga, known for her emphasis on the power of yoginis, women in yoga and her work in yoga therapy. Life Education Janice Gates was educated at ...

, ''Ashtanga Yoga As Taught By Shri K. Pattabhi Jois'', Foreword by Tim Miller (1997)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Miller, Tim American yoga teachers 1951 births Living people People from Carlsbad, California