John R.B. Campbell
Join Him For
Yoga Classes | Ashtanga Yoga | Mondays & Saturdays 7:30am | Vinyasa Int/Adv Mondays 9:30am
Events | Ashtanga at Tibet House
What His Students Have to Say
“... It is a great honor to have John with us at the Shala. I have been a student of John’s since 2010. His wisdom and dedication are a great inspiration to me, and I am humbled to have him as a teacher at our Shala...”
About John
Ph.D., Founder of the Contemplative Sciences Center, Yoga Instructor at Newburgh Yoga Shala
Student to Teacher Journey
John Campbell is a scholar of Indo-Tibetan Buddhism and holds a PhD in Religion from Columbia University. He has been a Fulbright Fellow and recipient of numerous awards, including from the National Endowment for the Humanities. After two decades teaching in academia, he now focuses on translation projects. He began practicing yoga and meditation thirty years ago, and has since then been teaching yoga, meditation, and philosophy worldwide. In 2002 he became one of the few Certified teachers of Ashtanga Yoga, an honor granted by the late lineage master Pattabhi Jois. He lives in Newburgh NY with his wife, children, and assorted animal friends.
Additional Interests
From 2018—2021 he was Director of South Asian Collections for the Asian Legacy Library which preserves of rare and endangered text collections in Nepal, India, and Mongolia.
He is currently working on a multi-volume translation from Sanskrit and Tibetan of commentaries on the Guhyasamaja Tantra, a Buddhist scripture. The first volume of that project was published in 2020 as The Esoteric Community Tantra by Vajradhara with the Illuminating Lamp by Chandrakirti.
Media Mentions
On the Science of Breathing | Sonima Foundation
'Yoga: Choice, Change, and Faith | Talking Yoga
Practice & Process | Contemplative Science Center
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