Gregor Maehle

Gregor is the international author of nine textbooks covering all eight limbs of yoga. He is also a prolific blog writer covering topics on yoga and beyond. He travels the globe educating with passion, humour, insight, and wisdom. Gregor Maehle began his practice of Raja Yoga in 1978 and added Hatha Yoga a few years later. In the mid-1980s, he commenced annual travels to India, where he studied with various yogic and tantric masters, traditional Indian sadhus and ascetics. After practising with BKS Iyengar, he spent fourteen months in Mysuru, and in 1997, he was authorised to teach Ashtanga Yoga by K. Pattabhi Jois. In India, Gregor also received eight months of mostly one-on-one instruction in scripture and the higher limbs of Yoga through B.N.S. Iyengar, a student of T. Krishnamacharya. He also studied Sanskrit under Professor Narayanachar and Dr Chandrasekhar. He lived for several years as a recluse, studying Sanskrit and yogic scripture and practising yogic techniques. Since then he has branched out into researching the anatomical alignment of postures and the higher limbs of yoga. He gained his anatomical knowledge through a Health Practitioner degree and has also studied history, philosophy and comparative religion at the university level. Together with his wife, Monica, in 1996, they founded 8 Limbs in Perth, Australia, which they co-directed for 21 years. Gregor’s internationally acclaimed textbook series consisting of Ashtanga Yoga: Practice and Philosophy, Ashtanga Yoga: The Intermediate Series, Pranayama: The Breath of Yoga, Yoga Meditation: Through Mantra, Chakras and Kundalini to Spiritual Freedom, Samadhi The Great Freedom, How To Find Your Life's Divine Purpose, Chakras, Drugs and Evolution, Mudras Seals of Yoga and Bhakti The Yoga of Love – have sold more than 100,000 copies worldwide and have been translated into eight foreign languages. He has been invited to many countries to teach, has contributed to, and has been interviewed by numerous yoga magazines. Today, he teaches an anatomically sophisticated interpretation of traditional vinyasa yoga, which is integrated into the practice of the higher limbs in the spirit of Patanjali and T. Krishnamacharya. His zany sense of humour, manifold personal experiences, and vast knowledge of scripture, Indian philosophies and yogic techniques combine to make his teachings applicable, relevant and easily accessible to all his students. Monica and Gregor now live in a rainforest in the hinterland of Byron Bay where they conduct occasional Immersions. Gregor also teaches retreats and workshops in various locations around the world.