Eric Swartz
In 1978, the year after the release of Stars Wars, Eric had a 5th grade PE teacher who began having his class try meditation. Levitating spacecraft is still a work in progress but the idea of exploring consciousness took a firm root. Like many of us in a culture stripped of shamanic tradition, he attempted to expand himself through psychedelics in recreational settings as a young adult. On one particular occasion as he went down a rabbit hole of dark thought loops, a friend took him aside and led him through a set of Sun Salutations. Aligning breath, movement, and mental focus left him with a profound sense of peace that became foundational when he entered his personal recovery journey from drugs and alcohol in 1997. Eric completed his 200 hr DGY Kundalini Yoga Training and the Prison Yoga Project training in 2018. He is also a Reiki level 3 practitioner. Most recently, Eric completed another 200 hr training from the Yoga Maya School of Yoga that combined study of classical Hatha Asana, Yogic text, and Ayurvedic Yoga vinyasas informed by modern anatomy.
