William Mushkin

William Mushkin is a Level 2 authorized teacher of Ashtanga Yoga, authorized in Mysore, India, by his teacher R. Sharath Jois, lineage holder of Ashtanga Yoga. In 2025 he trained in the Active Series with Shraddha Jois and Andrew Hillam and is authorized by the Sharath Yoga Centre to teach it. First introduced to Ashtanga in 1987, he later co-founded Ashtanga Yoga Denver, a shala offering Mysore-style practice, led classes, pranayama, and meditation. He studied philosophy at Bowdoin College, earned an MFA at the University of Colorado Boulder, and has taught at CU Boulder and Metropolitan State College of Denver. In earlier portions of his life, he traded options on the American Stock Exchange and founded both Mushkin.com and Name.com. He lives in Boulder, CO. For more, see ayd.yoga.

Nature of the residency: A two-week micro-residency at the Contemplative Sciences Center teaching the Active Series, the sequence Sharath Jois introduced in 2024 and left as his parting gift, held in the weeks around the anniversary of his passing on November 11.