Welcome to Brian Tobin Yoga
I was born in a rural town outside Albany, New York, where the end of our small country road opened into fields and quiet woods. It was there, sitting beside my father in silence, that I had my first experiences of meditation — though I did not yet have language for it. Years later, I learned that this land was once Vosburgh Village, one of the largest Iroquois communities in the Northeast. Long before I understood yoga as a formal discipline, I understood stillness as a relationship to land, lineage, and presence.
After high school, I received a scholarship to attend Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York. During those years, time in nature deepened, and the inquiry inward intensified. I began studying Yoga and meditation not as philosophy alone, but as a living method for refining perception.
To complete my undergraduate degree, I moved to Pondicherry, India, and lived in Auroville, an international eco-village devoted to conscious community. There, I immersed myself in yoga, permaculture, raw food studies, and collective living. This was my first sustained immersion into the science of Yoga. I developed a daily practice that matured into discipline.
I then traveled throughout India, Europe, and the Middle East, visiting sacred sites and studying with teachers before returning to the United States to integrate what I had received.
Back in Vermont, I became deeply involved with the Metta Earth Institute in Lincoln, Vermont. This was a land-based retreat center where I helped steward both practice and place. This marked a formative period of immersion in Tantric Hatha and Raja Yoga, and in establishing an unwavering daily sādhanā. I completed my 200-, 500-, and 800-hour teacher trainings during this time, though the true training was — and remains — daily disciplined practice.
For nearly fifteen years, I have continued to refine my understanding through study within multiple lineages, including Sivananda, Krishnamacharya, Yogi Gupta, Babaji, Ghosh, and Goenka Vipassana traditions. My teaching integrates these influences into a cohesive method rooted in structure, energetic precision, contemplative depth, and psychological clarity.
Today, I teach weekly classes, workshops, lead international retreats, and work privately with students. I develop curricula and immersion programs designed to support meaningful transformation—not just on the mat, but in daily life.
In parallel with my work in yoga, I am a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor with a private practice in Shelburne, Vermont, offering integrative psychotherapy and coaching services. My clinical training informs my teaching, and my teaching informs my clinical work. Both are devoted to one inquiry: how to live with greater awareness, integration, and freedom.
I live in Charlotte, Vermont.
If this path resonates with you, I invite you to connect.
Welcome to your practice.
Namaste,
Brian
I was born in a rural town outside Albany, New York, where the end of our small country road opened into fields and quiet woods. It was there, sitting beside my father in silence, that I had my first experiences of meditation — though I did not yet have language for it. Years later, I learned that this land was once Vosburgh Village, one of the largest Iroquois communities in the Northeast. Long before I understood yoga as a formal discipline, I understood stillness as a relationship to land, lineage, and presence.
After high school, I received a scholarship to attend Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York. During those years, time in nature deepened, and the inquiry inward intensified. I began studying Yoga and meditation not as philosophy alone, but as a living method for refining perception.
To complete my undergraduate degree, I moved to Pondicherry, India, and lived in Auroville, an international eco-village devoted to conscious community. There, I immersed myself in yoga, permaculture, raw food studies, and collective living. This was my first sustained immersion into the science of Yoga. I developed a daily practice that matured into discipline.
I then traveled throughout India, Europe, and the Middle East, visiting sacred sites and studying with teachers before returning to the United States to integrate what I had received.
Back in Vermont, I became deeply involved with the Metta Earth Institute in Lincoln, Vermont. This was a land-based retreat center where I helped steward both practice and place. This marked a formative period of immersion in Tantric Hatha and Raja Yoga, and in establishing an unwavering daily sādhanā. I completed my 200-, 500-, and 800-hour teacher trainings during this time, though the true training was — and remains — daily disciplined practice.
For nearly fifteen years, I have continued to refine my understanding through study within multiple lineages, including Sivananda, Krishnamacharya, Yogi Gupta, Babaji, Ghosh, and Goenka Vipassana traditions. My teaching integrates these influences into a cohesive method rooted in structure, energetic precision, contemplative depth, and psychological clarity.
Today, I teach weekly classes, workshops, lead international retreats, and work privately with students. I develop curricula and immersion programs designed to support meaningful transformation—not just on the mat, but in daily life.
In parallel with my work in yoga, I am a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor with a private practice in Shelburne, Vermont, offering integrative psychotherapy and coaching services. My clinical training informs my teaching, and my teaching informs my clinical work. Both are devoted to one inquiry: how to live with greater awareness, integration, and freedom.
I live in Charlotte, Vermont.
If this path resonates with you, I invite you to connect.
Welcome to your practice.
Namaste,
Brian
