Multi-Style Inspired Yoga + Ecstatic Dance
His innate passion for life, people, words, humour, music, yoga and dance enlivens his work. His classes are uplifting and inspiring explorations and celebrations of the human spirit. He encourages people to access their hidden strengths and potential by guiding them towards a deeper awareness of their body, heart, mind and breath, and he helps encourage them to locate themselves in the present moment in relation to the elements and directions, past and future, divine source and great mystery.
Keef’s primary yoga teachers are JOHN FRIEND and Bridget Woods-Kramer.
“Professional, playful...commited and compassionate teaching”
S. Harlow (nurse/yoga teacher,Bristol)
“Keef’s heart radiates, uniting the group”
Gayle Fletcher(yoga teacher/massage therapist, Swindon)
Why do you feel it is your calling to teach yoga?
I Know it is my
calling to teach Yoga and Ecstatic Dance (Movement Medicine)
To Quote the
classic song ‘Amazing Grace’:
‘Amazing Grace,
how sweet the sound,
That saved a soul
like me
I once was lost,
but now I’m found
Was Blind, but now
I see’
I struggled though
my 20s, lost in the wilderness of hedonistic chaos and agnostic uncertainty. In
the background Yoga whispered ‘this way, this way sensitive soul’ and the dance
revealed itself in drug fuelled ecstatic revelation. Eventually I found a dance
that didn’t require chemicals, but lots of breath, water, movement and
relationship (with all of LIFE). At the same time, I found a philosophical/spiritual
practice that encompassed all aspects of being human, body, mind, heart and soul
– it is called Yoga. The dance of yoga, the yoga of dance.
My primary dance
practice became and continues to be Movement Medicine. My primary Yoga became
and continues to be Anusara. I am deeply grateful to all of my teachers,
especially Joseph and Lillian Le Page for giving me a scholarship to do my
first Yoga Teacher training with IYT in the USA, Bernadette Ryder (for guiding
me in the early days of my dance), Jonas Westring (for introducing me to
Anusara), Susannah and Ya’Acov darling Kahn (for inviting me to Apprentice with
The School of Movement Medicine), Bridget Woods Kramer (for her ongoing
inspiration love, support, wisdom and generosity in mentoring me towards
Anusara Certification), and, of course, John Friend for being such an
inspirational and endlessly generous guiding light and loving leader of the
Anusara global community. I also want to thank all of my peers, students,
friends, family and all Beings everywhere, for being my teachers on this
mysterious journey. In the mirror of thee, I see me. Namaste.
Without
exaggeration, Yoga (especially Anusara) and Dance (especially Movement
Medicine) saved my life, my heath, my sanity. Yoga illumined the path before me
and revealed the beauty at the essence of my being. My life purpose was
revealed on the yoga mat and the dance floor. I know it is my part of my
Dharma, to teach these wonderful practices and I am committed to living them
with love, truth and integrity. How could I not share with my friends, family
and the wider world the joy, nourishment and fulfillment I have found on this
journey. To teach is an honour, a joy and sacred responsibility, and I whole
heartedly embrace the opportunity to embody the seat of the teacher, whilst
remaining the eternal devoted student. I feel wonderfully grateful and utterly
blessed to have found, or have been found by this Yogic path (which for me
includes the Dance, like the Shiva-Shakti dance of Nataraj)
No longer lost at sea, I now swim joyfully,
mostly, in a pulsating ocean of consciousness.
I pray that I may be able to shine a light in
the world and humbly offer my heart and soul to support the awakening of my
fellow human beings and encourage playful and respectful co-creative engagement
with life, in this great mystery that is the cosmic dance of Shiva-Shakti.
Loving the Lila (Divine Play), may I align with life and the divine and give my
gifts fully in this life with humility, generosity, courage, grace and
gratitude. May I remember the Universal (Being), find deepening self-acceptance
and open to Grace again and again, so that Shakti may flow through me
optimally, nourishing my life and energizing my Sacred Dream to serve in a
sustainable and life-affirming way. May all beings everywhere remember the
essence of their Being as Sadchitananda (Blissful Consciouness) and find the
courage to live their dreams and Become all that they can Be in this life time.
Remembering the sacred interconnectedness of all life, may we find fulfillment (love,
peace, purpose and happiness) on this journey
Om namah shivaya.
Keef Miles 24/8/11
Other Important Inspirations
Joseph + Lillian Le Page www.iytyogatherapy.com
Bernadette Ryder + Gabrielle Roth (5-Rhythms)
Contact Keef Now:
07834703127 pranamotion@yahoo.co.uk
