My Yoga Training Teacher Turned Out to be a Pornstar
200 hours of posers
Advertised as a 200-hour class to learn to teach Vinyasa with Steve Ross and Tom Morley at Maja Yoga Studio in Brentwood, I signed right up. At the time, I was trying to figure out a way to infuse some meaning into my life after my daughters went off to college.
Sure, I had a job, but my position as an educator in a toxic environment of bullying administrators and parents had me searching for a change.
I thought Yoga would do it.
Maha Yoga, where the training took place, used to be a popular yoga studio where celebrities like the Olsen Twins, Russel Simmons, Claire Danes, Helen Hunt, and other toned beautiful bodies shared downward facing dogs and triangle poses together to the upbeat mix of hip hop and rock and roll.
Billed as Happy Yoga, the “Guru to the Stars” owner Steve Ross had a show on Oprah’s Network for a while called “Inhale.” Because he studied theology in India and was a Vedic monk for four years, he seemed to most of us like the real deal — a man of knowledge and wisdom.
After all, he did chant alongside Krishna Das. He shared all this knowledge in his book, co-authored with Olivia Rosewood, Happy Yoga: 7 Reasons Why There’s Nothing to Worry About.
