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
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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
From the Periphery to the Core – and back: Ruminations on our National Iyengar Convention
Reflecting upon my experience at this 2016 Iyengar Convention, this theme of periphery to the core to the periphery and so on resonates on many levels. I have often felt slightly on the periphery when teachers describe studies in Pune and with the Iyengars. This initial study with Abhijata Sridhar … [Read more...] about From the Periphery to the Core – and back: Ruminations on our National Iyengar Convention
TEACHER FEATURE: Rebecca Haralabatos
In the 6 months post a successful assessment for Iyengar Yoga Teacher Certification held at Yoga Darsana in Alhambra, California, the wisdom of Guruji B.K.S. Iyengar continues to unfold before my eyes. The levels of assessment correspond to the series of sequences Guruji developed as a guide for … [Read more...] about TEACHER FEATURE: Rebecca Haralabatos