A university residency carries a newer sequence forward
William Mushkin’s November residency at the University of Virginia focuses on the Ashtanga Active Series.
The University of Virginia’s Contemplative Sciences Center is hosting William Mushkin for a November 12 to 20 micro-residency focused on the Ashtanga Active Series.
Passing on a recent teaching
The university describes the sequence as one R. Sharath Jois introduced in 2024. It places the residency around the anniversary of his death on November 11, giving the visit a specific context within a continuing teaching tradition.
Mushkin co-founded Ashtanga Yoga Denver. According to the university’s biography, he trained in the Active Series with Shraddha Jois and Andrew Hillam in 2025 and is authorized by the Sharath Yoga Centre to teach it.
That account identifies a route of transmission, but it is not a detailed description of the sequence or a judgment about every form of Ashtanga practice. The residency page does not establish universal suitability or promise a particular result from taking part.
The visit also puts a practicing teacher inside a university setting. Alongside research and discussion, the center is making space for instruction in a named sequence. The useful distinction is between documenting who is teaching what, and claiming to have evaluated the practice itself.
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