Fred Brown, Owner and Instructor.
Fred Brown, the director and primary teacher at Highland Lake Yoga, has been practicing yoga for 35 years and teaching for 30 years. His style of teaching is derived primarily from the methods of B.K.S. Iyengar but is also influenced by other schools of yoga. The Iyengar style of hatha yoga is noted for moving all joints and muscles of the body through their maximum safe range of motion with great attention to precision of alignment, and for the use of various "props" to assist students in doing all poses without strain or pain. The props available at Highland Lake Yoga include back-bending bench, wall ropes, and a pelvic swing.
In the last two years, Fred's teaching methods have expanded to include many techniques from the "Universal Yoga" training system of Andrey Lappa, a modern-day yoga master from Kiev, Ukraine. After two intensive teacher training programs with Andrey, Fred began incorporating dynamic sequences including elements of the "Dance of Shiva" and other powerful practices not found in other traditions.
(For an overview of Universal Yoga, please see www.universal-yoga.com) Fred is one of the few teachers in the USA certified in the Universal Yoga style. At this writing (Feb. '06), he is the only one in the Southeastern USA. Workshops by Andrey and some of his leading teachers in the USA are periodically offered at Highland Lake Yoga.
