FOUNDER/TEACHER/STUDENT OF PORTAL YOGA,
WRITER, POET, SPEAKER, SWAMI, MILKMAN
Maurice Kaehler became interested in alternative healing therapies in 1988, following an extreme accident/awakening - a bicycling accident that resulted in multiple injuries, including internal bleeding and a fractured skull. With an intuitive awareness that his specific injuries were part of a greater system that included the entire body, as well as the subtle and crucial energetic aspects of the brain, he felt compelled to seek out a more physically dynamic and holistic approach to healing his injuries than anything traditional western medicine had to offer. Serendipity and common sense led him to yoga.
In 1993, after years of intensive study and practice, he began to teach. Since then he has taught at the Center for Yoga and the Forrest Yoga Circle, and founded/co-founded YogaDen and OmWorks, where he produced and participated in prose/poetry/speaking events along with yoga classes, retreats and workshops. He is the founder of Swami O’Bryan’s Yoga Studio, where he currently teaches and practices Portal Yoga. Private and corporate clients have included Madonna, Keith Addis, Michael Costigan, Tim Daly, Gil Bellows, Harold Becker, Dean Chamberlain, Erica Courtney, Chadwick School/Rancho Palos Verdes, The Ritz Carlton – Pasadena, Loews Hotel Santa Monica, First Interstate Bank, BP Petroleum and The Gas Company. He also specializes in on-site classes (businesses, film shoots, tours) and private pre- and post-natal yoga.
He has described the practice of yoga as, “a dialogue you can have with your physical body that allows you to be comfortable in your own skin. In a culture that is often bereft of a profound connection to the sensual aspect of what it means to be in a human body, one loses sight of what a gift and delight that is, and that pleasure is a birthright.”
In addition, Maurice is also Organizer/Curator of TEDxMiracleMileLA and is currently the creative force behind the Hollywood-Silverlake 4-H chapter. He is a published author and poet having published “Red Teacups”, “Reliance and the ’65 Dodge”, and “ You Can’t Argue With a Raindrop”, through the Riders of the Divine Yeehah Press.
More on Maurice…
In His Own Words
My Power Animal Dream
FAQs about Swami O’Bryan
About Portal Yoga
FAQs about Portal Yoga
Ten Guiding Principles of Portal Yoga
Press and Media
