ABOUT

YOGA BIO

John Milham is a musician and yoga practitioner who began practicing yoga in 2003. He received his RYT 200 in 2013 with Rolf Gates, Augusta and David Kantra (Founders of CALM Living School of Yoga, and Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teachers). John furthered his training with them in 2015 and is now a certified RYT 500. Through his yoga and meditation practices, John has gained skills that have helped him to find discipline, courage, self-compassion, strength, patience, contentment, gratitude, peacefulness and open-heartedness in his life as a father, husband, musician and friend. His yoga classes are centered around a vinyasa flow style while incorporating many elements of mindfulness meditation to help his students learn breath, body awareness, and relaxation techniques helping them deal with the stress and busyness of everyday life. John lives in Laurel Mississippi with his wife and three children and is currently is studying with teachers Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach in a 2 year MMTCP (Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program) to become certified as a mindfulness meditation teacher.

MUSIC BIO

Freelance drummer and recording artist John Milham has spent the last 30 years touring and working in the studio with many talented artists. John studied jazz performance at Berklee College of Music, along with summer jazz studies at Loyola University.

In 2018, John released his first album, Ardens Garden, which received the 2019 Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award for Best Album in the Music Composition Contemporary category and was featured in the CBS television series God Friended Me. John currently plays and tours with Grayson Capps, Molly Thomas and the Rare Birds, Nerf the World, Johnny Sansone, and Eric Erdman, among others, while occasionally fronting his own group in support of his solo record. He has also performed with Bo Diddley, Jennifer Hartswick, George Porter Jr., Rick Hirsch, Mike Dillon, Kermit Ruffins, Taylor Hicks, and many others.

John also produces, engineers, and mixes music from his home studio in Laurel, Mississippi, where he lives with his wife, three children, two cats, and a dog.