Teacher: Joe Barnett

Hi! I am Joe Barnett, an ERYT-500 Yoga Teacher Trainer, based in the southwestern deserts of USA.
I was the original assistant and still a close colleague and friend to Paul Grilley, the founder of Yin Yoga and innovator of a highly popular functional approach to anatomy and yoga asana. I copy edited Grilley’s recent works on meditation, philosophy and energy work. I have been teaching Yin and Yang forms of Yoga for 25 years, and continue traveling nationally and internationally throughout each year offering presentations and trainings based on my long-time mentor’s work. Staying true to the curriculum of Grilley, I provide a deep study (both experiential and anatomical) of skeletal variation, the fascia system, and yoga asana. I also lead a study into the more subtle mind/body practices through a framework of the revered and ancient texts of Patanjali Yoga Sutras and Bhagavad Gita. I guide tantric practices of Pranayama and Chakra meditation as inspired by Dr. Hiroshi Motoyama that combine breath and imagery to soothe the mind, calm the nervous system and nurture Spirit.

Parallel with yoga, I proudly serve my home community as an end-of-life doula, volunteer at my local hospice, and lead gatherings on mortality awareness and releasing fear of death, the greatest obstacle to living one’s best life. Integrating the education and normalization of death & dying with the philosophies and techniques of yoga is the ultimate goal.

However, play time is usually spent playing poorly at chess, learning Sanskrit, loving my goats and cats and family, practicing acroyoga, and studying anatomy, including a regular dissection course focused on the fascia layers, and one focused on the brain.