Simon Park
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About Simon Park
Simon Park remembers how, as a small child in rural Korea, he had an image of being a primal warrior. But all that changed when he was five and his family moved to Philadelphia. Eager to be an all-American kid, Park played baseball, football, and basketball. It took years for him to reconnect with the primal part of himself. He found it when, as an undergraduate at UCLA, he stumbled upon Shiva Rea's yoga class in the World Arts and Cultures department. It took Park some time to warm up to the practice, but once he did, he found it healing for his body and his mind. "Yoga allowed me to open to people a lot more," he says. "Shiva helped me find the bridge between the seeming dichotomy of being a fierce, primal warrior and a soft, open-hearted yogi."
Park considers himself an "energy-centered practitioner" and focuses on helping students find the flow of energy in their bodies through movement and self-observation. "Alignment is important, and the breath is important, but I'm trying to teach students to understand energy in order to heal their own bodies and find freedom. Yoga is a method to free yourself in the world—to be happier and more genuine and more connected to people. I try to give that spirit in the classroom."
These days Park, who has been influenced by many teachers, including Maty Ezraty, Dharma Mittra, Joan White, and Duncan Wong, teaches workshops and retreats around the world, spreading his own style of yoga that blends traditional hatha practice with Thai Yoga Massage. These classes, which Park has developed over the years through his own experimentation and study of martial arts, increase body awareness, encourage self-evolution, and just feel good.
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