about adam

Hello! I am Adam, and I am an artist, writer, teacher, and designer. Sometimes I am all those things at once. Any value you may find in my work is made possible by the expansive nourishment I receive from a beautiful network of teachers and family.

The wellspring of my work lies at the intersection of contemplative experience and creative process. I go inward, and then outward, and back again. The inner work resources the outer work, and vice versa. I try to teach this relationship to my students, in whatever context I encounter them.

I am currently based in the Northeastern Woodlands of the United States, in the homelands of the Piscataway and Manahoac people. I am nourished by the abundant trees and creeks of Reston, Virginia, a place with fascinating and beautiful roots in new town philosophy, postmodern architectural collage, and racial and economic justice.

At 21, following an ecstatic psychological crisis, I was diagnosed with Type 1 Bipolar Disorder. This event and condition led me to the somatic and esoteric medicine of yoga, a deep well of wisdom that continues to inform my personal practice and teaching.

As a yoga teacher, my areas of focus are philosophy, beginner’s therapeutics, sound and mantra, pranayama, and ritual practice. In 2014 I published Wind Through Quiet Tensions, a memoir about my experiences healing with yoga practice, under the independent publisher For the Birds Trapped in Airports.

I currently serve as an Adjunct Faculty member at George Mason University, where I teach research strategies for artists. I teach yoga classes and workshops independently and in collaboration with Beloved Yoga in Reston. Some people have found it useful engage me in private consultation.

I make drawings and paintings. Periodically I release short essays on other artists, creative and/or spiritual practice, the tension between psychology and spirituality, and the search for belonging.

I’m working on a book of practical philosophy centered on mood and the bodymind, as well as a messy and challenging memoir that takes the territory of Wind Through Quiet Tensions and expands upon it. I talk about my writing and visual process in depth at Patreon, where you can subscribe and support the momentum of my work.

Thank you for your time and your attention.

———

Statement of Creative Longing (coming soon)

My Approach To Teaching Yoga (coming soon)

Keep up with my offerings via my free newsletter. Follow my studio practice on Instagram.