Writer and Master of Transcultural Martial Arts and Yoga Allen Pittman speaks on the history and other aspects of yoga. He also demonstrates some specific techniques.
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Allen Pittman began his training in Eastern martial arts at the age of 12. The author of Chinese Internal Boxing: Techniques of Hsing-I & Pa-kua; Pa-Kua: Eight-Trigram Boxing; and Hsing-I: Chinese Internal Boxing, he lives in Brittany, France and teaches in Western Europe, South Africa, and the United States. Pittman has previously put his mastering to use as a bodyguard for such figures as the Dalai Lama.