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Matthew Sweeney - Personal Biography

Matthew Sweeney's knowledge of yoga encompasses 24 years of practice and 18 years of teaching. His education includes Shiatsu massage, yoga therapy, Iyengar yoga and Ashtanga yoga. Matthew's teaching combines the tradition of Ashtanga yoga with the therapeutic needs of each student. He provides an individual approach to the Mysore method and is renowned for the attention he gives to both novice and advanced students.

Matthew is widely regarded as one of the world's most advanced exponents of Ashtanga vinyasa yoga as taught by Shri K. Pattabhi Jois. His asana practice includes advanced B, or 4th series. He studies regularly at the Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute in Mysore, India where he completed advanced A, or 3rd series, in 1996.

Matthew travels and teaches yoga workshops in Australia, Asia, North America and Europe.