Erik Luc

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Erik Luc has been practicing hatha yoga since 1979. What began as a curative supplement to a martial arts practice soon developed into an enthusiastic commitment. For ten years his dedication was unwavering, and then in the winter of 1989 Erik was involved in a horrific accident which left him in a coma for six days. After emergency brain surgery he emerged completely paralyzed on the left side of his body. The next seven years were filled with “hellish struggles”, but an earnest and rejuvenated interest in his yoga practice enabled him to make what he considers an astoundingly noteworthy healing. As such, Erik’s teaching today is one which concentrates on the therapeutic aspects of hatha yoga with emphasis on strengthening the body as much as the mind.

Erik was awarded the title Yoga Shiromani in Sampoorna yoga at Yogi Hari’s Ashram. He studied Dzogchen and Tantric meditation intensively with the Venerable Lama Chimed Namgyal for six years as well as with the brothers Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche and Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rimpoche. In 2006 he closed his hatha yoga studio in Lake Worth, Florida and began a three year solitary meditation retreat in the mountains of the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont.

After he came back to the world in 2009 he began teaching at the Canton Yoga Loft. He also volunteers at the St. Lawrence County Correctional Facility teaching hatha yoga and meditation to male and female inmates.

“Yoga is about the evolvement of the individual from the lower mind to the higher mind,” Erik says. “No matter what the path or technique the objective and the effects are the same. Yoga develops the ability to express our qualities optimally and creatively. As we find balance in a posture we are able to feel that balance within ourselves, and thus we act with grace and consciousness. Through steady practice our full potential is experienced. There’s nothing more sublime. Yoga is an invaluable gift”.