We hope that the McIntire community will enjoy this virtual yoga
class, “Yoga for All - Physical Distancing with Online Social Closeness.”
Special thanks for Nicole Fitzwater LaFon (Comm ’01), owner of In Balance Yoga in Blacksburg,
Virginia, for producing this class especially for the McIntire community.
About the teacher: Rob Patzig is the President of Ligmincha
International, the largest Bon Buddhist organization in the West. He has held
this role since 2014. Rob directs a network of staff and volunteers running
five retreat centers (two in the US, two in Mexico, and one in Poland), centers
in Houston, Texas and Berlin, Germany, and providing Bon teachings online in as
many as twenty languages.
Outside of Ligmincha, Rob teaches hatha yoga
in the tradition of Sri Dharma Mittra. From 1996-2014, Rob worked
professionally as the Chief Investment Officer and as a Senior Managing
Director for Third Security, LLC, a multi-billion dollar private investment
firm. From 2014-2016, he taught English at Virginia Tech and Radford
University. He holds a B.A. in philosophy and an M.A. in literature from
Virginia Tech. Rob and his wife, Eileen, live in Crozet, Virginia.
