David Danon is a multi-faceted yogi with 40 years of practice and over 20 years of teaching experience. In that time, he has founded a clothing line, earned a pilot's license, built motorcycles, and followed a number of other creative pursuits, perhaps all fueled by his deep questioning of authority and the status quo. After a cancer diagnosis in 2012, he embarked on a journey of research and experimentation into the world of traditional and alternative treatments of cancer, which has recently culminated in the release of his new book, Life, Yoga and Cancer: Lessons From the Battlefield.

In this episode, you'll hear from David on:

• What yoga, dharma, and improvisational jazz have in common, and why children have a unique advantage to progress in almost anything
• Why creativity is overrated when it comes to sequencing, and the value of consistent repetition in both teaching and practice
• Dealing with hypersensitive students in class, and what David focuses on to get students to either fall in love or stay in love with yoga
• How he used the tools he learned in yoga to respond to a cancer diagnosis, and how anyone can face a worthy opponent in the battlefield of life with grace

Announcements:

• Sign up for 300-hour Advanced Jared McCann Yoga teacher training this July at Lighthouse Yoga School. Get 10% OFF your tuition with code HENRYWINS: henrywins.com/events
• Looking to deepen your practice without the teacher training? Sign up for the 30-hour Yoga Immersion over Labor Day weekend at Lighthouse Yoga School with Jared McCann, Aviad Sasi, and Henry Winslow. Get 10% OFF your tuition with code HENRYWINS: henrywins.com/events
• Take a WAYcation this July to Chicago! Join Henry for a fun-filled 4-day weekend of yoga and excursions through Chi-town. Enter code HenryWAYChi (case sensitive) for 10% OFF your 4-day pass: henrywins.com/events

Links from this episode:

• Norman Allen Ashtanga Yoga interview
• Life, Yoga, and Cancer: Lessons from the Battlefield by David Danon on Amazon
• LifeYogaAndCancer.com
• Autobiography of Yogi by Paramhansa Yogananda on Amazon
• David Danon on Facebook
• David Danon on Instagram