Daren Freisen
Practice What You Preach
September 28, 2007 | by Noah on the writeup...Zach on the Video | Permalink
Daren Friesen, owner of the Moksha Yoga Studio in Chicago, IL, advises anyone to embrace their situation. “Embrace whatever you are doing,” says Darren, “whether you like it or not. To distinguish what is true from what is not true, fully embrace the moment.”
The Omaha born, USC educated yoga instructor, speaks with an incredibly calm calculation, like a man who knows something about inner peace. With the support of his parents, Darren traveled through Japan as a high school student, and later studied the practice of yoga in India. It was there that he saw the life beyond the yoga studio, the life that was practiced by many people without material wealth, yet seemed happy beyond American standards.
Yoga is about “learning how to open yourself” to what will make you truly happy, and it doesn’t necessarily take place in a studio. Daren says that simply making better choices at the grocery store can be a form of yoga, where choices lead the chooser down a path to self-improvement. Yoga is, says Darren, “how to work with the mind,” and better control it to help with personal fulfillment and satisfaction. He uses yoga as a method of defeating his own fear. “Fear holds us back from embracing our true happiness,” says Darren, “Everyone needs a tool or technique to battle their fear.” Meeting Darren, you immediately sense he knows exactly of what he speaks.
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kelly G Says:
September 28th, 2007
Would love to do one of Daren’s classes. His energy seems very authentic. Where is the footage of Brett and Zach doing yoga for the first time?
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