About Peter Calin

Hi, I’m Yogi PeterJ

I started with yoga when I was 15 years of age. I picked up a book and was fascinated by the claims of strength and flexibility. I intuited, as a young wanna-be athlete, that maybe yoga could be helpful to my aspirations to be a really good athlete. Yoga was not quite in vogue at the time; strength training, weightlifting, yes! But stretching? Stretching was for dancers and gymnasts! But something drew me in. At a minimum, I thought to myself, I might prevent injuries, I might promote healing. How did I know this at 15, in 1967? Even more curious was my fascination with what I read and studied about the mind and consciousness; and about breath and breathing to stay calm and focused. That stuff just seemed fabulous.

I lived those 60’s and 70’s when there was a sociocultural tsunami that stirred social consciousness, and rebellion against the cultural status-quo, to awaken, attempt to awaken, re-awaken higher consciousness and greater awareness. But I was a young Black athlete, mainstreaming from the rigid and disciplined constraints of a military family (eldest son of an Army Sergeant), and adulting at the time of the chaos and conflagration of the civil rights movement and Vietnam War. So, maybe, consciousness would have to wait but then again, perhaps, it was already too late. The thread of yoga wisdom had already begun weaving deep into the fabric of my being.

Off and on I would continue my practice, and deepen my studies.

In my 50’s, after decades of a troubled pursuit of ambition, striving, goals, achievement, success, and more, . . . a transcendent transformation began with the simple intent to ‘reinvent myself. Yoga was not, however, the intended medium or horizon. In the past, I have framed it as personal development (which, interestingly, yoga does address in the Niyamas) Intuitively, however, I was drawn in, and through a labyrinth of challenges, an awakening occurred, and then healing manifested itself. I saw before me the subtle, pervasive intuition and intent to journey down a path that would later start the [w]holistic transformation and unification of mind, body, and soul with my inner light of awareness. The thought and desire had always been there (weaving) . . . but in every prior chapter of my life it had been momentarily interrupted by what I later came to realize was my own arrested development, perhaps, in pursuit of a dream, a myth. Each time I climbed the ladder – sometimes to great heights – I would choose to climb back down unwilling to surrender harmony, balance, and calm. I had not developed or sharpened the tools to maintain harmony, peace, and balance at the eerily seductive, overwhelming, and all-consuming heights.

Traveling a winding path down a road-less-traveled, intuition and synchronicity led me to de-prioritize the pursuit and seek what was seeking me . . . purpose. Throughout the years, I have maintained an ebbing and flowing consistency of my yoga and meditation practices and studies. Even when immersed in another sport or athletic activity (Like intramural basketball, triathlons, Aikido, and Tai Chi) I maintained a ghost of a practice, sometimes more intensely than others (e.g., when I practiced Ashtanga Yoga).

In 2009, I was in the midst of a pretty consistent and regular practice of yoga at home and LA Fitness. On one day of pure happenstance, our yoga teacher did not show. Several of my fellow students insisted that I teach the class. And then it happened again. And a third time. It became self-evident that yoga was seeking a deeper commitment from me.

I took a yoga teacher training; was certified to teach yoga; and started teaching yoga at LA Fitness and other locations.

Those were heady days that followed: from perhaps the highest attendance in LA Fitness history with sometimes as many 80 participants in our Saturday morning class (which I was later told became known as the House of Pain (in a good way I hope)); and with one of the first Full Moon Yoga Fest in the country, including a Full Moon Yoga Fest on the rooftop of a beachfront hotel on Miami Beach, maybe another first; there was the Sunday-Yoga-in-the-Park that lasted over a dozen years. They were “heady” (consciousness-raising) days because yoga was/is exciting, and fun, while making you strong, making you calm, making you healthy.

But I digress somewhat because yoga is so much more than just entertaining and fun, and chic or trendy. It is truly the practice of health, wellness, and well-being, mind, body, heart, and soul. I sometimes feel this important aspect is not mentioned enough and does not get enough attention.

Over the years, I have intensified my studies of the science of, learned the wisdom, and deepened my practice of the art of yoga. It has greatly expanded my knowledge of the life-enhancing skills and tools that yoga provides. The thread that began to weave its way into the fabric of my being at age 15 is now the tapestry of my life, of my living. The greater my practice, the deeper my studies, the more I share, the richer my understanding of the knowledge and wisdom of yoga becomes, and the more peace, grace, and harmony I have in my life. I invite you to join me in this pursuit of health and well-being, balance and harmony, peace and grace.

Let me guide you in finding the joy, clarity, possibilities, and productivity of your present moments. Contact me / Join me if you want more balance and peace in your life.

For more about my Mindful Life Coaching, training, mindfulness, MBSR classes, workshops, speaking, and more, please go to my website,

PeterCalin.com.

Thanks.

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