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John Scott (born 16 October 1957) is a New Zealand born Internationally acclaimed Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga Teacher.

John Scott has been practicing Ashtanga Yoga since 1987. He was introduced to the practice by early Ashtanga yoga pioneers Derek Ireland and Radha Warell at the legendary Skyros/Practice Place in Greece. The practice had a great effect on John and he formed a close relationship with Derek. In 1991, under Derek’s guidance, John travelled to Mysore, India to study with Sri K Pattabhi Jois. This trip changed the course of John’s life and he returned to Mysore annually. In1995 John became one of the few teachers to receive certification to teach Ashtanga Yoga. He continued to study with Jois until his passing in 2009. John continues to maintain a close relationship with the Jois family through Manju Jois, who he has personally known for many years and the current Director of K Pattabhi Jois Ashtanga Yoga Institute, R. Sharath Jois.

John’s teaching is directly influenced by his time spent with his teacher, who, over the years, he built a close relationship with. He has been greatly absorbed by the Vinyasa Counted Method of Ashtanga Yoga, seeing this way of practicing as the key to  'tristana' (mind, body, breath synchronicity) and the ability for the practice to become a moving meditation and a key to the eight limb path. John was greatly involved in assisting Lino Miele, a colleague and fellow student in Mysore, in collating and writing Lino's Ashtanga Yoga book, "Astanga Yoga", where the correct vinyasa for all the Primary series and Intermediate series asanas was collected. John also contributed his Ashtanga yoga drawings/glyphs to the book, which were the first drawn representation of the Ashtanga yoga practice. John also wrote his own book, Ashtanga Yoga, and in 2002 produced a ground breaking DVD of the same name.

John still practices and explores the techniques of the counted method of Ashtanga passed to him and is continually discovering new meanings to the gems of wisdom that Jois left for his students to pass on. He connects to yoga practitioners with refreshing insight into the practice on a physical, anatomical and spiritual levels and is constantly improvising new and unique ways to engage and inspire practitioners with ashtanga and the count method.

John teaches worldwide and runs one of the most respected Ashtanga Yoga teacher trainings, which he pioneered with Lucy Crawford, enabling him to share his teachings with an ever growing yoga community. John is greatly loved and respected by his students and has a growing community of teachers and practitioners sharing their love of ashtanga yoga inspired by him.