Frank Jude Boccio

Frank Jude Boccio
Born1956 (age 6869)
EducationUniversity of Sunderland
Occupations
  • Teacher
  • author
Known forOriginator of Mindfulness Yoga; Author of Mindfulness Yoga: The Awakened Union of Breath, Body and Mind
Children2

Frank Jude Boccio (born 1956) is a teacher and the originator of Mindfulness Yoga as he distinguishes his approach, based upon the Buddha's teaching of satipatthana, from Mindful Yoga, which simply emphasizes doing postures mindfully. He explains the difference in his blog where he writes "In mindful yoga, one is practicing asana mindfully; in Mindfulness Yoga one is practicing mindfulness in the posture." He is known both for his teaching in centres across America, and for his 2004 book Mindfulness Yoga: The Awakened Union of Breath, Body and Mind, which describes a practice that combines yoga as exercise and Buddhist meditational practice.