Dennis Eagan began his yoga practice in 1989 and began teaching in 1998. Way before this, and to this day – Dennis is about the outdoors. First an adventurer. Then and now, a guide - in more ways then one.

Always drawn to the outdoors, now Dennis Eagan is about Wild Yoga. Perhaps only someone with Dennis’s rich outdoor experience* and skills could be inspired to create Wild Yoga.

Wild Yoga is born. While on an eighteen-day float trip down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon, Dennis caught a glimpse of his ultimate vision: blending yoga and the outdoors. He was inspired, and decided to dedicate himself fully to the study of yoga. Dennis left Anchorage, Alaska and moved to Berkeley in 1997 to study with Rodney Yee. He graduated from Rodney's Advanced Studies Program at the Piedmont Yoga Studio in 1998. He also studied intensively with Donald Moyer and Tony Briggs. Dennis has been teaching yoga now for six years, and conducts workshops throughout the West.

Fitting yoga style accordingly. Dennis's yoga experience ranges from gentle restorative classes at the Cerebral Palsy Center in Oakland to vigorous vinyasa-style classes at Seventh Heaven Body Awareness Center and Iron Works climbing gym in Berkeley. He teaches with an Iyengar-influenced style, combined with the breath awareness of vinyasa and the universal principles of Anusara yoga.

A natural and energetic partnership. Dennis leads Wild Yoga Adventure Retreats that blend the practice of yoga with the art of wilderness travel. In this endeavor he shares the fullness of his 20 years of outdoor education and wilderness guiding. By doing so he explores the parallels between skiing, climbing, paddling and yoga. And he encourages his students to explore the energetic patterns of the wilderness within the body and to express poses from there.

* Outdoor Accomplishments. Too many to list. Dennis has guided or kayaked many of the rivers in the West and Alaska – plus Costa Rica and Mexico. He has sea kayak guided in Prince William Sound and the Sea of Cortez in Baja. And above sea level, his adventures include climbing and guiding on Denali and numerous ascents up El Cap in Yosemite. Among his more extreme exploits, Dennis completed a solo 30-day paddle along the Gulf Coast of Alaska - from Sitka to Yakutat. As for skiing, he has guided clients on the Ruth glacier in Alaska, and served as an instructor in winter survival and avalanche awareness.

Outdoor Credentials
• Certified kayak instructor with the American Canoe Association.
• Professional member of the American Mountain Guides Association.
• Instructor for “Wilderness Studies Program” at the University of Alaska
• Instructor for the The Alaska Mountain Safety Center
• Professional guiding: kayaking, climbing, skiing,whitewater.
• Instructional experience: Telemark & free heel skiing; avalanche awareness; winter survival; whitewater and ocean paddling.
• Ski Patrol: Park City, Utah; Squaw Valley, California
• Writer of various published articles in: SeaKayaker and Paddler
• EMT training
• PADI Dive Master