About Danny Paradise

The first person to bring Ashtanga to Bali, circa 1991, internationally recognized senior teacher of Ashtanga Yoga, Danny Paradise will be back at the Balispirit Festival for the 10th time after a 5 year hiatus.  Danny has taught workshops and retreats in over 42 countries since 1979. In that time Danny has also taught some of the world‘s most renowned and talented musicians, sports champions, designers, artists, actors, film directors and dancers over the years.

Practicing since 1976, Danny’s yoga journey studied with David Williams and Nancy Gilgoff, the first Western teachers and adepts of Ashtanga Yoga and learned Primary, Intermediate, Advanced A and B Series with them… In 1978 and 1980, he practiced in California and Hawaii with Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, the founder of Ashtanga Yoga. Danny was an early advanced practitioner and pioneer, who played a seminal role in introducing the Ashtanga as a new form of Yoga to people around the world through public classes. In fact, Danny was the first Western ‘Traveling Teacher’ of Ashtanga Yoga, and he continues to introduce his style of ‘the exploration of Yoga’ globally, to this day. 

Danny teaches the Ashtanga Yoga sequences with emphasis on an expanding and evolving practice, as well as showing derivative poses, modifications and variations, as well as elements of Tai Chi, Kung Fu and Egyptian Yoga. He strives to create independence from other established systems. In his teaching, Danny draws from the teachings of Krishnamurti, Krishnamacharya, Buddhism, ancient Egypt, contemporary teachers such as Carolyne Myss, as well as from the many Naturalistic & Shamanic indigenous native cultures including Mayan, Hawaiian and Native American.

That said, Danny recognizes Yoga as an ancient Shamanic practice and relates Yoga to all Shamanic, nature based, indigenous explorations from North and South America, Polynesia, Tibet, Africa and Asia. The Yogis and Shamans were the early pioneers of consciousness, healing knowledge, and communication with the spirit realms. The basic premise of Shamanism is that nature is our spiritual guide and teacher. Danny’s main objective is helping people develop a healing, sacred, personal, meditative, joyful, non-dogmatic Yoga practice.  

In addition to Yoga and Shamanic Practices, Danny has also studied Kung Fu, Tai Chi and Karate and is a musician, singer, songwriter, performance artist, Human Rights Activist, filmmaker and film producer.

Although a teacher of teachers, Danny works with all levels of students and is a master at communicating the teachings of ancient traditions in a non-dogmatic, contemporary, compassionate & humorous way…  Danny believes that Yoga is designed to create well-being, help people fulfill personal destiny, and to learn to age with vitality, energy and grace. Danny teaches Yoga as a means of creating personal authority and personal responsibility, leading to universal responsibility.  

Come to one of his workshops and learn how to experience and maintain a meditative, therapeutic and ritualistic Yoga practice.

See their schedule, here.

Watch some of Danny Paradise’s Films, here.

Listen to Danny speak about the Evolution of Yoga at the 2017 Balispirit Festival:

Learn about Ashtanga Yoga here:

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Website: dannyparadise.com

Instagram: @danny_paradise108