Ari Kassman
An entrepreneur who spent most of his time on software creation and strategic business development, Ari never thought of himself as a yogi. It just so happened that a yoga studio opened up next door to him, and he became friends with his new and encouraging neighbors. Ari resisted for a while, but ultimately decided to try a class - he became addicted! He would find himself going to yoga twice, sometimes three, times a day. Ari found a new center, and became grounded in his practice.
After a year of intense practice, Ari began to see the numerous similarities between yoga and breaking (breakdance) moves. He wanted to integrate his love of hip-hop with his newfound love for yoga, bringing both to a new and higher level. He introduced the idea of cross-pollinating yoga and breaking to several members of the famous Rock Steady Crew and together they found that many of their practice moves and poses were intuitive to power yoga flows. After two years of collaboration, they created the "Breakflow," integrating the powerful breath of yoga with the power moves of b-boying.
This Breakflow is the unique core of BuddhaXtreme.