One of the directors of Ashtanga Yoga Montreal, Eugene came to yoga via dance , after being asked repeatedly if he was a practitioner of Ashtanga Yoga. He was introduced to the form by Mark Darby in 1998 and has been hooked ever since. Completing a 500-hour Teacher Training program with Mark Darby and Allison Ulan in 2001, Eugene has attended workshops and intensives with Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, John Friend, Ron Reid and Hart Lazer. Eugene is a Registered Yoga Teacher who both respects tradition and utilizes intuition—something he applies to his teaching as well as to his personal practice and throughout his life. Eugene’s compassionate yet direct style of teaching is inspired from his 20-plus years of experience and skill in dance, circus and martial arts. He gives workshops in yoga, acroyoga, object manipulation and was a yoga-based creative consultant for the Cirque du Soleil’s Las Vegas show, Love.