Michael Hutkins (Anjaneya)

Anjaneya (Michael Hutkins), is a graduate of the ATTC and is a full time yoga teacher, sharing Sivananda yoga with people of all ages and abilities in Ottawa, Canada. He began teaching seniors following his initial teacher training in 2008 as he wanted to share what he learned with his grandparents. After creating a program for them, he also started teaching a monthly class in a retirement home. The students kept wanting more and the class increased to bi-monthly and finally became weekly. Encouraged by the feedback and the positive effects of the practice on this group he took the Yoga Tout chair yoga training in Montreal, Canada to deepen his understanding of working with seniors. Now Anjaneya teaches several weekly chair classes and is always amazed at how open seniors are to every aspects of yoga, from the physical to meditation, philosophy and even chanting.