Kosen Brian came to yoga in 1990, and, after graduate work in psychology, first certified as a teacher in 2000 with The Yoga Institute.  Since then, he has taught yoga in Texas and California, completed the Forrest Yoga Teacher Training with Ana Forrest, and certified in Pralaya Yoga with Robert Boustany.  He is also pleased to have practiced with Ann Hyde, Rodney Yee, Patricia Sullivan, Becky Jordan, Rae Lynn Rath, KK Ledford, and Lex Gillan.  Kosen Brian is an insured and registered yoga instructor.

A longtime formal Zen practitioner, Brian spent four years living in Zen community, including over two years at Tassajara monastery.  He gratefully received from his teacher- Rev. Setsuan Godwin- the dharma name ‘Ko Sen’, which means ‘River of Light’.  Kosen’s life, yoga, and teaching are deeply informed by Zen practice.