Eric Paskel

Eric Paskel, MA, MFCC, CYT, has been teaching yoga since 1988. He is a licensed marriage, family, and child therapist; certified sports counselor; and certified yoga instructor. He teaches nationally and internationally, presenting his brand of yoga at Yoga Journal Conferences, Wanderlust, and Bhaktifest. Eric is the only Western yoga teacher to receive the blessing of Swami Parthasarathy to lecture on Vedanta philosophy. He owns eight Yoga Shelter studios in Detroit, Michigan, and Studio City, California. In 2014, Eric hosted Yoga Rocks Ford Field at Detroit’s indoor football stadium, breaking the record for the largest indoor yoga class.