- Erich Schiffmann
Erich Schiffmann (born
1953 ,Los Angeles, California ) is an accomplished AmericanYoga Master widely known for his award-winning video, "Yoga Mind & Body", featuring actressAli MacGraw . He is theauthor of a best-selling book, "Moving into Stillness". [ [http://www.yogajournal.com/views/360_1.cfm "Views"] yogajournal.com. Accessed July 6, 2006] He has been teaching yoga for more than twenty years.At age 18 Schiffmann sent a handwritten letter to Krishnamurti and was accepted to study with him in
England . He deepened his practice of yoga with Desikachar and Iyengar inIndia , and with Dona Holleman and Vanda Scaravelli inEurope . [ [http://www.layogamagazine.com/issue8/departments/sitting_down_with_erich_schiffmann.htm "Sitting down with Erich Schiffman"] layogamagazine.com. Accessed July 6, 2006]Yoga Society president Leighanne Buchanan called Schiffmann one of the "innovators" in Yoga Journal's fall 2000 issue. [ [http://www.yogasocietynashville.com/photosErich.html Photos] yogasocietynashville.com. Accessed July 6, 2006] He has produced numerous yoga instructional videos and conducts yoga workshops and teacher training throughout the United States and internationally. He currently resides in
Santa Monica, California .He is married to fellow yoga master Leslie Bogart, daughter of film actors
Humphrey Bogart andLauren Bacall .Books and videos
*cite book|last=Schiffmann|first=Erich|title=Yoga: The Spirit and Practice of Moving into Stillness|year=1996|publisher=Pocket Books|location=New York|id=ISBN 0-671-53480-7
*cite video|people=Schiffmann, Erich (Yoga Master); and MacGraw, Ali (Performer)|year=1994|title=Yoga, Mind & Body|medium=Videotape|location=Burbank, Calif.|publisher=Warner Home VideoReferences
External links
* [http://www.movingintostillness.com Moving into Stillness with Erich Schiffmann]
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