Miles Maeda was born in Honolulu, Hawaii and has lived in Japan for the past 6 years. He is a teacher of yoga and meditation for over 20 years, teaching nationally and globally. He has developed practice centers in Chicago, San Diego, Portland, Long Beach and Tokyo, and has worked with students all over the world. Miles specializes in the practical application of yoga in daily life, creating intentional focus in health, education, creativity and community.

Miles’s comprehensive training encompasses the evolving styles of yoga as they have existed on the planet over the past 18,000 years. His intensive studies range from the classical Indian yogas (Hatha and Kundalini Yoga) to East Asian traditions (Tao Yoga) as well as the ancient schools of Central Asia (Tibetan/Yungdrung Bön, Tantra and Sufism).

Miles also offers yoga teacher training through the World Evolution school of yoga as an E-RYT 500 with Yoga Alliance. His classes and workshops introduce the rich diversity of yoga styles and provide useful applications for practice in everyday life.

Miles is known to live what he preaches: he creates opportunities to deepen our own experience, understanding, and connection to ourselves and to the outside world with love and compassion. Miles continues to enrich the lives of many with his vast knowledge and experience while tirelessly investing his time for further studies. He extends the practice of yoga and meditation beyond the classroom to establish a profound relationship with one’s own energy and to maximize one’s potential.

As a “Find Your Element” Leader, Miles will deliver a 90-minute Workshop for mastering your energy as laid out by the ancient teachings of yoga. He will provide practical tools that are easy to apply for those who are not familiar with yoga, including 3 foundational points of awareness and the 8 steps of progress.

Participants will be equipped with necessary tools to understand their potential as energetic beings instead of feeling limited and fixed: by applying his teachings in everyday life, participants will learn new ways to live their lives in accordance with the laws of this physical universe rather than against them in every endeavor they undertake.

Moreover, Miles will show how to build the energy, concentration, integrity, sensitivity, and awareness necessary to achieve what all you want in life in a harmonious way, without resistance – the main cause of all negative energy. When you learn to function with accuracy and consistency in the mundane aspects of ordinary life, you will have the power and clarity to realize your element. This, in turn, will result in a life full of prosperity and abundance, free of attachments.

Education

1996-98:  Comprehensive Course in Yoga training, World Evolution School of Yoga

1996-99:  Reiki Levels I, II and III/Master, Margie Britain

1996-2007:  Business/Life Management Teacher Training, World Evolution School of Yoga

1998-present:  continuing training in the Sufi tradition, Isa Love

1999-present:  continuing training in the Bön tradition, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, Lama Khemsar Rinpoche

2002:  Ashtanga Yoga teacher training, Tim Miller

2003-08:  5-year Rudra Yoga Teacher Training, World Evolution School of Yoga 2009:  GYROTONIC® Level I Certification, Emma Kingston, Billy Macagnone, Debra Rose

2010:  GYROKINESIS® Level I Certification, Irene Pulli, Emma Kingston, Erika Hassan

2011: Ashtanga Yoga/Body Matrix workshop with Richard Freeman

2014-2016: GYROTONIC® Level II training, Akemi Inoue

2015: GYROKINESIS® Level II training, Akemi Inoue, Juliu Horvath