Mantras are a regular part of the Iyengar yoga practice. The Iyengar family opens every class and important event with an invocation, whether it be the Patanjali chant, the Guru chant or another mantra. Here are the ones that you might find at Adeline Yoga. Invocation to Patanjali By BKS … [Read more...] about Invocations and Mantras
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Is Adeline Yoga only for young people?
Iyengar yoga is for ALL people. We are incredibly inspired by our teacher BKS Iyengar. At age 96, he still strides into the practice hall nearly every day. Mr. Iyengar and his daughter Geeta – who will turn age 70 this year – have taught us the positive benefits of practicing yoga at every … [Read more...] about Is Adeline Yoga only for young people?
Survey of Yoga Students Correlates Home Practice with Health and Happiness
Shared with the permission of blog author and Adeline Yoga Community member Marc Rumminger of http://www.marcsala.blogspot.com/ In his legendary “The Physiology of Taste“, Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin writes “Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are.” A recent survey of Iyengar … [Read more...] about Survey of Yoga Students Correlates Home Practice with Health and Happiness