Teacher Within

For over two decades at the Feathered Pipe, beloved master teacher and longtime Ranch friend Erich Schiffmann held the space for shared inquiry into the truth, practicing freedom yoga together, and supporting one another in cultivating the skills to be the place where Love flows through. Ranch weeks with Erich were the stuff of legend — annual pilgrimages for many that created a rich, ever-morphing, inclusive, and eclectic community of practitioners dedicated to embodying the teachings. But all great teachers point students into the guiding light of their own Teacher Within, not to themselves. In summer 2016, Erich announced he was taking a sabbatical from teaching, nudging students to turn the page to a fresh chapter in the Freedom Yoga’s ongoing evolution.