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Who is Jean Claude Garnier ?
Although he eventually became a pupil of Shri K. Pattabhi Jois, Jean Claude Garnier first began studing yoga at the age of 14½, working from a book by Indra Devi, the first American woman to study with Shri T. Krishnamacharya. He then worked with the companions of the Community of the Ark founded by Lanza del Vasto, the first Christian disciple of Mahatma Gandhi. On their advice, in 1968, he met Jean-Paul Boudon (Satyananda Bihar School and B.K.S. Iyengar). He spent some time in Southern India digging wells and planting crops. He met Vinobha, Gandhi's successor, at his ashram in Paunar, he met Swami Gitananda south of Pondicherry, and he stayed at the ashram of Shri Aurobindo where he met "The Mother".
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Back in France he spent a few months in the Hermitage of Father Dechanet. He began teaching yoga in Rouen and following yoga classes and yoga teaching classes with André and Denise Van Lysbeth. Later he worked with Jean Bernard Rishi (who at that time was a pupil of Shri K. Pattabhi Jois, and then became a disciple of B.K.S. Iyengar) and was so impressed with Iyengar that for the next few years he went to Puna (Pune - Maharastra, southern India) to work with him.
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To improve his knowledge of anatomy and the locomotive system he studied general and cranial osteopathy with Bob Benichou and Marc Bozzeto at the Manual Therapy Association in France. After meeting Bhagawn Rajneesh in India, he studied psycho-corporal psychotherapy according to the teaching of Wilhem Reich, and then followed courses to become a psychotherapist with among others Edouard Starck, Dr Gerard Guash and Dr Raphael Estradavila. He then studied with Jack Painter and gained a diploma of Master in Postural Integration. He has recently completed studies in energetic osteopathy and acupuncture with Jean-Pierre Guiliani & Régis Blin.
He divides his time between teaching yoga, psychotherapy, and general and cranial osteopathy. He was born in Rouen (France) on March 10th 1948.
Additional information :
The Institute is located: 610 Chaussée d'Alsemberg (Uccle) - 1180 Brussels - Phone: 02 340 67 81 - Fax: 02 340 67 89 - jean.claude.garnier@skynet.be