David Belcastro

At the age of forty-five, David Belcastro was encouraged by his college judo coach to consider yoga after decades of weightlifting. During his first practice, he laughed through every asana as he was unable to move deeply or gracefully in any direction. None-the-less, he thought that there was something here worth pursuing. He continued practicing with Martha Marcum at Yoga on High for several years. During that time, he attended workshops with Tim Miller, David Swenson, Doug Swenson, and Larry Shultz. When he became department chair of religion and philosophy at Capital University, he had to limit his practice to home. It was during this time, however, that his interest in yoga deepened. In 2007, he stepped down as chair to provide time so that he could enroll in the 2008 Yoga Teacher Training with Laurel Hodory at Its Yoga. During the following months, he discovered yoga as a playful practice for the cultivation of spiritual light-heartedness.