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
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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
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
Light on Yoga: 50th Anniversary Workshop with Carolyn Belko
"After all what do techniques stand for: they stand as an essential ingredient to achieve precision, which is nothing but the taste of divinity." —B.K.S. Iyengar It’s hard to overstate the importance of B.K.S. Iyengar’s book Light on Yoga. At 544 pages long and with 600+ photographs, this … [Read more...] about Light on Yoga: 50th Anniversary Workshop with Carolyn Belko
Iyengar Yoga for Cyclists? YES & WHY
by Rebecca Haralabatos When I first moved to the Bay Area in 2004, I came without a car. A bike was my primary mode of transportation for the next 2 years. I typically traveled twice a week from Sausalito to San Francisco and back. What a commute! The ride out of and into Sausalito and over the … [Read more...] about Iyengar Yoga for Cyclists? YES & WHY