Action Hiro

Hiro Landazuri's free-flowing philosophy allows him to mix and match disciplines.

- By Amanda M. Faison. Photography by Ty Milford

Hiro Landazuri exists in an elastic space. He has found unlikely common ground in both science's rigidity and yoga’s fluidity. This is the place from which he develops and teaches his unique style of yoga called Body Smart.

Landazuri found yoga early, almost by accident, as a 17-year-old seeking respite from running-induced shin splints and plantar fasciitis. “I peeked my head [into a class] and I saw a lot of people lying down with blankets on top of them,” he says. I thought, 'This can help me? Sure, why not?? ”

Yoga quickly became a diversion, a place to heal and explore the bounds of his body while he studied the sciences. Over time, however, what was once a hobby became a pursuit.