Darren Main
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Darren Main, (born January 20, 1971) is a yoga teacher and writer. He has written largely on Eastern spirituality for a more modern and Western audience. Main is best known for his second book, Yoga and the Path of the Urban Mystic.
Early Years
Main was born in Westerly, RI to John and Kathy Main (now Kathy Ascare). Main also has a brother, Jason Main and a sister, Jennifer Main.
Main's adolescent years were “filled with pain, rage and confusion.” And led to drug abuse and depression. After an unsuccessful suicide attempt, Main claims to have had a spiritual awakening.
This spiritual awakening led Main to Alcoholics Anonymous and to Narcotics Anonymous and to Hatha Yoga and Meditation. Main also became a student of A Course in Miracles.
Education
Main studied Social Work at Mohegan community College, Community College of Rhode Island and at Rhode Island College. He also studied massage therapy at the Bancroft School of Massage Therapy in Worchester, MA and trained to become a yoga and meditation instructor at The Kripalu Center in Lenox, MA.
Teaching Yoga and Meditation
Main began teaching yoga in Providence, RI in 1992. In 1993 he spent a year teaching in Bozeman, MT. In 1994 Main moved to San Francisco, CA where he currently teaches. In 1998 Main opened the San Francisco studio Castro Yoga with David Nelson. In 2000, Main and Nelson ended their business relationship and Main began teaching for San Francisco’s largest yoga studio,Yoga Tree.
Shortly after his first book, was released in 1999, Main began teaching throughout the United States as well in other countries.
Main is currently the director of the Yoga Tree Yoga Teacher Training program and his book, Yoga and the Path of the Urban Mystic is used as a textbook in a number of teacher certification programs.
Writing
Main is the author of several books including Yoga and the Path of the Urban Mystic, The Findhorn Book of Meditation and Spiritual Journeys along the Yellow Brick Road.
During a 2007 Radio Interview Main made reference to a fourth book due out soon on the subject of Homosexuality and the Bible.
Main also writes articles and has contributed to Gay.com, White Crain Journal and the Kaiser Permanente HIV Update Newsletter.
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