Last Updated: 02 Mar, 2023 | Views: 89
Age: 71
Profession: Yoga Guru
Other Profession(s): Singer, Author, Dancer, Choreographer, Song writer, Yoga Teacher
Higher Education: Studied Dance at the University of Washington
About (Profile/Biography):
Sharon Gannon is a well-known yoga teacher, born in Washington, D.C. Gannon attended the University of Washington to study dance. In 1969, she started learning about bhakti, meditation, and yoga. Her spiritual leaders are Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, Swami Nirmalananda, and Shri Brahmananda Saraswati. They trained in Pattabhi Jois' Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga in Mysore in 1990.
Sharon Gannon Yoga:
In 1969, she started learning about bhakti, meditation, and yoga.
She started teaching yoga in 1984 after meeting her spouse David Life in 1982.
She went to India in 1986 to study Sivananda Yoga. When she came back, she helped establish the Jivamukti Yoga Center in New York.
Gannon and Sue Ann Harkey co-founded the Seattle band Audio Letter.
Sting, Russell Simmons, Madonna, and Uma Thurman are among her famous pupils.
She participated in the founding of Animal Mukti Free Spay in 1999.
Sharon Gannon Jivamukti Yoga
She co-teaches an intensive Jivamukti Yoga Teacher Training course lasting one month with David Life every year at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, New York, throughout the US, in Europe, and in Central America. At Jivamukti Yoga Schools and connected facilities, Jivamukti Yoga is taught all over the world.
In 2009, she began organising the Jivamukti Tribe Gathering for seasoned teachers.
Sharon Gannon Sacred Dance
She appears in the 2008 Guruji as well as the 2007 Asana: Sacred Dance of the Yogis performance with Life.
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Gannon was active in the Seattle art scene, participating in dance, performance art, and music.