Chris Keithley

Common Bond Yoga

It was a turning point in my life; it was something that I needed and I was finally ready for. In 2012, my practice found me, and it changed my life.  In 2015 I decided it was time to take my practice to the next level and I trained at a 200-hour immersion teacher training in Costa Rica. Initially, I did not have any expectation to return home and teach Yoga. But soon after I discovered that teaching Yoga was what I needed in my life.After a couple years of teaching it was time to return to Costa Rica for a 300-hour immersion training, which was completed in August of 2017. In November 2017 I registered with the Yoga Alliance as a RYT-500 and am currently working towards my certification as a ERYT-200\RYT-500.Yoga found me at a time when I needed it most, and it gave me the world back to myself.  It did so without expectation and without need for reciprocation. All I want is to do the same, to help others find the gift of giving oneself what they need.People often ask me what kind of Yoga I teach, I tell them that I lead the practices that comes from within. One day you may find me leading a powerful Vinyasa flow, the next day a Gentle or Restorative practice. Other times, I can be found leading Relaxation practices, Yoga Nidra, Meditations, Pranayama, and I have even been known to lead Mantra practices.My teaching comes from a seat of deep awareness of one’s presence and strives to bring people away from a place of duality, the idea of We or I, to non-duality, the idea of One. My ultimate goal is for people to realize that separation is an illusion and it is the idea of separation that causes our suffering.