Yoga 4 Peace

About Yoga 4 Peace

Our Mission is to assist individuals in the creation of peace of mind, encourage peace between all living beings, and to learn to live sustainably at peace with the planet, all through the practice of yoga. 

A giving organization ten percent of our profitable proceeds will be donated to other organizations that are doing the same on a larger level. 

Pete began his Hatha Yoga practice in the 1970’s to ease pain and stiffness in his legs from long distance running. He dragged a mat into an Integral Yoga studio on Livernois St. across from U of D College in Detroit and was hooked. Swami Satchadananda’s style not only eased the pain from the running but also brought a balance to his life he had not known. For two years every Tuesday and Thursday night was spent in this small storefront, heated by a wood-burning stove, going in and out of Hatha Yoga postures. The whole thing came to an end when the studio was moved to Yogaville, Virginia in the late 1970”s.

So he wandered in & out of Yoga studio’s for years on end. In 1995, he found himself in a Bikram studio in Southfield with an instructor named Katerina Cherney. She led him though the heat and the regimen of the 28 Bikram postures, and in the end he found that same “stillness and peacefulness” engulf the body and mind. He knew he was home again. During these 20 plus years since he has filled his life with the refreshment of a Bikram, Ashtanga, Vinyasa, or Kundalini session many times over while relaxing and releasing through his practice of Yin, Triyoga, and the classical Better Back and Basic styles. His formal training was at Namaste Yoga in Royal Oak. He is certified an ERYT200 Yoga Instructor.

In 2000 he began an association with Rising Sun Yoga Studio (now Yoga 4 Peace) in Southgate as an instructor and helped establish their RYT200 Teacher Training Program with the Yoga Alliance. He has had the privilege of helping over 150 “Yogi’s/Yogini’s” obtain their certification from the Yoga Alliance as RYT200 Hatha Yoga Instructors.

Always interested in Yogic philosophy, he started and completed an 800 hour study course on the philosophy of Yoga called “Traditional Yoga Studies”. This was facilitated by Georg Feuerstein noted Yoga Master who also served as personal mentor to Pete for several years.

He’s active today in community and volunteer work in the Southfield and Royal Oak areas.

His goal in teaching is to create a safe, non-competitive atmosphere that is conducive to unifying mind, body, spirit so that the student walks away with tools and knowledge that help balance themselves both on and off the mat.