Notes on a panel discussion held Sunday, January 22, 2017 By Renee Razzano How is yoga a tool for social justice? What can the Iyengar yoga community do to improve access to and utilization of yoga, particularly for marginalized communities? One obstacle is this: that yoga has become, in the … [Read more...] about Going Inward to Go Outward: Iyengar Yoga, Community, and Social Justice
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The Gift of Consciousness: An interview with Gitte Bechsgaard
In her book The Gift of Consciousness: Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, Gitte Bechsgaard draws on her decades of experience as a yoga practitioner, teacher, and Vedic scholar to bring her readers a rich, accessible interpretation of the yoga sutras. She founded the Vidya Institute in Toronto with … [Read more...] about The Gift of Consciousness: An interview with Gitte Bechsgaard
Sadhana Studies Q & A with Heather Haxo Phillips
Why were you inspired to start this program? Two reasons: Our students, and B.K.S. Iyengar. When our Guruji died in August 2014, he said “Let my end be your beginning.” Many of us in the international Iyengar community really took this to heart and focused our thinking on how we should … [Read more...] about Sadhana Studies Q & A with Heather Haxo Phillips
Teaching Yoga to Seniors: the Evolution Continues
Teaching Yoga to Seniors: the Evolution Continues by Sarah Harvey I began teaching Gentle Yoga classes 14 years ago when one of my teachers asked if I would take over a class she had been teaching at Rossmoor, a retirement community in Walnut Creek. At almost 70 years of age, she was concerned … [Read more...] about Teaching Yoga to Seniors: the Evolution Continues
Permission to Play – Riding the Edge in Your Practice & Teaching
Senior Teacher Carrie Owerko understands the importance of integrating a playful spirit into our daily lives. From her home studio in New York and at workshops around the globe, Carrie challenges her students to think beyond the mat and infuse their practices with greater spontaneity and … [Read more...] about Permission to Play – Riding the Edge in Your Practice & Teaching