Zubin Shroff: Host
Teacher Bio
The multi-talented Zubin Shroff is a photographer, artist, author and yoga teacher. When Zubin was 12, he began practicing yoga by copying asanas from his mother, who had studied with B.S.K.Iyengar in Mumbai, India. Zubin trained under Rodney Yee and Colleen Saidman Yee, as well as studying with Richard Rosen and Mary Paffard. He also studied with Wataru Ohashi at the Ohashi Institute and is a certified in Ohashiatsu.
After falling 100 feet during a photo shoot, Zubin broke his back, arm and hands. He survived and recovered, thanks to the breathing practices of yoga. He is currently the the director of the Piedmont Yoga Studio in Oakland, CA, where he teaches in the 200-Hr and 300-Hr teacher trainings and in the Integrative Yoga Therapy Teacher Trainings, as well as in Oakland public schools and in hospitals
In 2008 he published The Cosmopolitans, a collection of portraits exploring the meaning of cultural identity which has been exhibited around the world, and in 2014 released Conversations with Modern Yogis featuring his interviews and portraits of yoga practitioners and teachers in North America.
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