Marcos Silva

Marcos Silva is currently Associate Professor (Philosophy) at the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Brazil His research interests include the philosophy of logic, philosophy of language, philosophy of cognitive sciences and Wittgenstein’s philosophy. He regularly practices Yoga since 2015 and is deeply grateful for the pervasive and deep benefits of this ancient tradition in his life. He has established a daily practice of the Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga’s system in Oct 2017. Currently, he humbly studies the third series of Ashtanga under the supervision of Lucia Andrade. He also studies Sanskrit and chanting with Jayashree and Zoe Slatoff-Ponte. In the season 2019-2020, Marcos had the great honor to study in Mysore, India, for two months with Guruji Sharath Jois, the holder of the Ashtanga lineage. In Dec 2023, Marcos received from Sharathji his blessing to teach the first and second series of the Ashtanga method. Marcos is the founder of "Yoga na Federal", an Ashtanga Yoga program at the UFPE/Brazil and Mysore Yoga Recife, the first shala in Recife fully dedicated to Ashtanga based on the traditional Mysore program.

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