Who is this “Peter?”
Yoga Teacher & Student of Life
I teach yoga not because I've figured it all out, but because I need these practices for exactly the moments when I haven't.
The practice first found me over a decade ago after a simple leap of faith to try something new.
I was dragged to a Bhakti Flow class with Rusty Wells at Urban Flow. After stumbling, struggling, falling over, getting back up, and jaw-clenching my way through that first class, I was hooked! It was in that first savasana where I finally, perhaps for the first time in my life, let go. I let go of who I thought I was. I let go of the resentments I carried. I let go of fear and “not-enoughness.” I let go of this mind, body, story and … everything.
Since then I have remained a student of Life.
I have become not only a student of breath, body, thoughts and feelings, but also the flutterings of leaves in the wind, waves in the sea, and sweet tail wags of sweet golden retriever puppies! I try to treat each and every day as its own independent and wondrous adventure. I try to learn, love, forgive, pray, surrender and offer up everything I can muster — to lean into life, especially when it’s tough, and hopefully do just a little bit better than the previous day. While I do stumble and fall short of my best (quite often), I get back up, dust myself off and begin again… and again.
I've taught over 10,000 yoga classes, studied with masters and sadhus in India, and spent a decade learning from incredible guides in the Bay Area. But my deepest wisdom comes from falling apart and practicing the lost art of beginning again. When spiritual perfectionism and “lululemon wellness culture” failed to hold my very human struggles and curiosities, I carved a different path.
One where you don't need perfect poses or peaceful minds. Just a willingness to show up, mess up, and start over. My classes are designed to crack you open without breaking you apart. This isn't yoga that bypasses the hard stuff - it's yoga that holds you through it. I guide students back to themselves through the ancient practice of beginning again.
xo, Peter
“As my practice, studentship, and teaching continually evolve, my offerings become more refined and clear.”
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