Marni Task, CYT/RYT, has been teaching yoga since 1995. She is a Senior Certified Jivamukti Yoga Teacher, as well as an Anusara Inspired Instructor. She continues her studies with her Gurus/Yoga parents, Sharon Gannon & David Life, the creators of Jivamukti. She is immersed in and inspired by the Anusara Teacher Certification process with her other beloved teacher John Friend.
"The scoop is I love yoga. I love what it means (union). I love how it connects people. I love the way it makes me feel (lovely) and I love what it brings out in me, love. Well, sometimes it digs up something other that love and that's when I really get to practice yoga!!"
Other inspirational teachers and mentors include:
Shri K Pattabhi Jois, Shri Brahmananda Saraswati, Dharma Mittra, Krishna Das, Benjy & Heather Wertheimer, Kelly Morris, Robert Thurman, Rick Bucchieri (husband); Jessica Bellafatto & Colleen Saidman, Dana Flynn, and all the Jivamukti teachers past and present, Mitchel Blieir; Amy Ippoliti; Anna Forrest ; Tiffany Fraser, Joey Brenneman; Gary Riotto; Cleveland Yoga Community, Living in New York City, Paris, and Traveling to many amazing places on this Earth!!
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"There's a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is, nor how valuable it is, nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep yourself open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open....No artist is pleased... [There is no] satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer, divine dissatisfaction, a blessesd unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others...."
- Matha Graham to Agnes de Mille
(Martha: The life and work of Martha Graham)