Graham Burns

Graham has taught yoga professionally since 2001, having first qualified in the United States. Since then, he has continued to study intensively, especially with leading US based teacher, Rod Stryker. He is a faculty member for the Yogacampus Yoga Teacher Training Diploma programmes, as well as a Senior Teaching Fellow at SOAS (The School of Oriental and African Studies of London University) where he teaches Hinduism, yoga history, and philosophy and is a member of the Centre of Yoga Studies. As well as a law degree from Durham University many years ago, Graham has more recently completed both a MA in Indian religions and a PhD in ancient Indian religious philosophy at SOAS.

A former commercial lawyer, Graham began practising yoga in the mid-1990s, when his earliest regular teachers included well-known teachers Simon Low and Liz Lark. During a sabbatical in 2000 he spent three months in India (to where he has returned many times since) and also studied extensively with Erich Schiffmann and Richard Freeman in the United States, as well as taking the White Lotus yoga teacher training course in Santa Barbara, California. Graham began teaching yoga regularly in 2001, when he also returned to the United States to study for the first time with Rod Stryker, who subsequently became his main teacher. Graham’s special interests within yoga include yoga history and philosophy, the energetic aspects of yoga practice, and meditation. He is a faculty member for the Yogacampus Yoga Teacher Training Diploma programmes, as well as a Senior Teaching Fellow at SOAS (The School of Oriental and African Studies of London University) where he teaches Hinduism, yoga history, and philosophy and is a member of the Centre of Yoga Studies. As well as a law degree from Durham University many years ago, Graham has more recently completed both a MA in Indian religions and a PhD in ancient Indian religious philosophy at SOAS.

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I have meditated for several years and do a lot of yoga, to be honest I was not sure what to expect from the course but I wanted to learn more about meditation. From the first day of the course I knew I had made the right decision to attend, it was informative, interesting and fun, and I have learned so much. It was great that each day we got the opportunity to teach some one a meditation session, although this was a bit nerve wracking it really helped my confidence and the feed back was always constructive. I really enjoyed the meditation course, I have learned so much and I am so glad I attended.

Student, Meditation Teacher Training, Oct 2020

Upcoming Courses

February 2021

A Comprehensive History of Yoga: Research and Scholarship

2nd February 2021 - Online (Pre-Recorded) - Jason Birch & Graham Burns & James Mallinson & Karen O'Brien Kop & Mark Singleton & Somdev Vasudeva

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March 2021

Yoga Teacher Training Diploma - London March 2021

27th March 2021 - Yogacampus Islington Blended - Catriona Brokenshire & Sarah Litton & Liz Lark & Susanne Lahusen & Graham Burns & Paola Ceccarelli & Jane Craggs & Adelene Cheong & Raquel Alves

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