Kurt Johnsen

Kurt Johnsen 5400 E Mockingbird Ln Dallas TX (469) 232-9642 americanpoweryoga.com

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Kurt Johnsen is the founder of American Power Yoga and is nationally recognized by the Yoga Alliance. He has taught thousands of students in the DFW area and has trained and certified dozens of APY instructors. He is the host of of Yoga for Life, a nationally broadcasted show on the Veria Network. He is also the yoga instructor of the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders.
Kurt was first introduced to the practice in 1981 at the young age of 16, beginning his study with two years of advanced techniques including deep meditation and dream yoga. Kurt has alomst twenty years of training in martial arts and yoga, and is a master (5th degree Black Belt) of the Lightning Fire Mountain System of Tibetan Kung Fu. He also trained in Lama Yoga, Tibetan Heart Yoga, Needle in the Cotton (Tibetan Tai Chi), Chi Gong, acupuncture, herbology, Brazilian Ju Jitsu, and Tai Chi Chuan. He's a former student of some of the most well recognized yoga masters in the world, including Manju Jois, Beryl Bender Birch, Sean Corne and his personal favorite, Bryan Kest. Kurt created Strength, an APY DVD that has sold thousands of copies across the country and around the world. He also produced the health talk radio show “The New You Show” on 105.3 FM in Dallas. He continues to study, teach and train.