Daylight is shortened significantly during the months of November for people living in the Northern Part of the United States. Leading up the the Winter Solstice in December the nights only become longer. In Iyengar Yoga we bring light where there is darkness. Use Iyengar Yoga in your life to brighten up those dark days. …
What is your access point to Iyengar yoga practice? Do you make that sacred time a priority? What obstacles do you face that prevents you from practicing Iyengar Yoga? What can you do to allow Iyengar Yoga into your life? Do you need to attend a class with a Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher in order …
During the living years of B.K.S. Iyengar he would often say he did not call his own yoga “Iyengar Yoga”. In fact his students called his yoga “Iyengar Yoga”.During his life students from all over the world went to study with him in Pune,India. Not only did the students visit him,he traveled the world giving …
Yoga has been defined as the joining of the body, mind, and soul. One must quiet the mind in order to realize the soul . In Iyengar Yoga practice we work to make make the body as vibrant as the mind. Naturally the body is lazy and the mind is busy. Using Iyengar Yoga poses …
Today is June 21, 2024 and it is International Yoga Day. Honor this day by doing Iyengar Yoga. You can find a class or teacher near you by checking out the IYNAUS(Iyengar Yoga National Association of the United States)website The practice of Iyengar yoga has many health benefits and can promote enhance feelings of well …
In Light on Yoga by B.K.S. Iyengar the King of all asanas is Salamba Sirsasana known as Fully Supported Head Pose (also known informally as head balance). There are several different variations of headstand depicted in Light on Yoga. This yoga posture requires knowledge on how to achieve correct muscular skeletal alignment in the yoga …
Settle Down All of You! As Geetaji Iyengar used to say at the beginning of her yoga classes with her. Geetaji would often speak of how most humans are easily agitated. It is easy for many of us to fall into negative thinking patterns and struggle with difficult emotions like envy, greediness, sorrow, and anger. …
In the Introduction to Light on Yoga B.K.S. Iyengar quotes the Bhagavad Gita VI.16 and VI. 17, ‘Yoga is not for him who gorges too much, nor for him who starves himself. It is not for him who sleeps too much, nor for him who stays awake. By moderation in eating and in resting, by …
In honor of Arbor Day today’s pose will be Vrksasana known as tree pose. This yoga posture can be done using the wall for hand support or done in the middle of the room. Using the wall as a prop shows us a practitioners how props can be our friends. Tree pose can reveal to …
Today is April 22, 2024 and a day to cherish and celebrate our home Mother Home. Bring the Earth element into your practice by noticing which parts of your body contact the ground. The Earth can bring stability structure and it can also lead to inertia. In yoga practice we do many poses sitting and …