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Anusthana: Explore Iyengar Yoga Through the 8-Fold Path
September 13
Anusthana: The Dedicated Practices of Iyengar Yoga
September 2025 – April 2026
Through the dedicated practices of yoga, we can experience our own wisdom radiating in its beauty.
Think about your experience emerging from a good asana practice: you feel clear, refreshed and radiant. That is jnana diptihi – the experience of your wisdom radiating in its glory. These effects of our Iyengar Yoga practices are profound – they help us to become more settled, wise and radiant.
Let us explore this together!
You are invited to join us for Anusthana, an 8-month program exploring the 8-limbs of yoga.
Our tools in this exploration will be the wide range practices available to dedicated practitioners of Iyengar Yoga: asana, pranayama, chanting, meditation, Ayurveda and the study of yoga philosophy in sangha.
Anusthana is a continuation of our cherished Sadhana Studies program, offering an opportunity for those who wish to carry their study and sadhana even further. It will build on the foundation of what was established in Sadhana Studies, inviting further explorations for your personal practice, reflection, and integration.
Heather Haxo Phillips will be your program leader, with Michael Lucey, Kelly Sobanski and Sandy Lamerson providing additional teachings.
Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra 2.28 and other sutras from the Sadhana Pada that will be the foundation around which our studies evolve. Through the 8-months we will study in-depth the “astau angangi” or 8-limbs of yoga including yama, niyama, asana, pranayama, pratyahara and the inner limbs of meditation, concentration and samadhi.
From an asana perspective, Guruji’s Intro II and Jr Intermediate 1 syllabus will be our guide. Serious practitioners, those studying to become teachers and existing CIYT will have an opportunity to dive deep into the progressive nature of asana so that we may fully explore what “angani” or constituent parts really means. The Sadhana Studies’ Year 2 syllabus will provide home practice sequences as your base. From there, you will also learn more about how to personalize your home practice for your specific needs. Over our time together, you will be amazed to learn more about how the asanas relate to each other, and how they relate to us as human beings.
This program will continue your studies of holistic health through Ayurveda, with additional focus on deep rest, including the variety of healing savasanas, reclining pranayama and building up to sitting pranayama.
With Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras as our main source of study, we will be supported by reflections from the Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita. These texts – and their commentaries – will develop our experience of the 8-fold path and help us delve deeper into the key foundational concepts of yoga philosophy including:
- The definitions of Yoga
- Yoga Ethics
- The Kleshas
- The Gunas
- Karma Theory
Who you learn with makes a huge impact on what you learn. So, small group peer discussions will be an integral part of your studies between our in-person sessions. Discussion prompts and journaling exercises will be provided each month to guide your studies and self-reflection.
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Program Components:
This program weaves both in-studio time and zoom learning to allow you both in-person time and the practicality of being in your house.
- Wednesday 5:45 to 7:15 pm pacific time – asana class on zoom every week
- Short Reading assignments
- 1-on-1 and small group peer discussions between monthly meetings
- Home practice using sequences provided for you
- Peer led asana practice sessions on Mondays (zoom) and Fridays (in-person) 6:30 – 7:45 am PST
- Monthly gatherings either in-person at Adeline Yoga or on zoom
Who is this course for? Anusthana is designed specifically for graduates of Sadhana Studies, Iyengar Yoga apprentices and CIYT. Serious students with previous experience studying yoga philosophy may also be eligible for this program on a case by case basis.
Tuition
$1800 – get early bird savings and register by June 1
$1995 regular rate
What’s included?
- Wednesday night asana classes through the duration of the program
- 6 immersions and two 5-morning intensives
- Led practice and open studio time for group practice every week
- Sadhana Studies Year 2 home practice sequences
- Program website and class recordings
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THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE FROM SADHANA STUDIES
“I loved the emphasis on home practice and the guidance offered on how to establish a home practice, from altar making to scheduling. I also appreciated how much Heather empowered us to engage in practice, even if it’s just for a few minutes each day. That teaching was invaluable for me.“
~Devon
“I particularly appreciated the thoughtful way in which what we were learning was woven into an awareness of what’s happening in the world at large.“
~S.
“Having a community of Sadhakas to discuss and learn from was great.”~Harish.
Program Schedule:
Anusthana starts Sept 12 and ends April 12. We meet every Wednesday 5:45 – 7:15 on zoom for asana class.
And:
Sept 13 & 14: Saturday 1 – 5:30 pm & Sunday 2 – 4:30
Oct 6 – 10th 7 – 8 am: home practice immersion on zoom
Saturday Nov 8: 1 – 5:30 pm + Potluck
Saturday, Dec 6: on zoom 1 – 5:30 pm
Saturday, Jan 10: 1 – 5:30 pm + Potluck
Feb 2nd – 6th 7-8 am: Pranayama Immersion
Saturday, March 7: 1 – 5:30 pm + Potluck
April 11-12: Saturday 1 – 5:30 pm & Sunday 2 – 4:30
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FACULTY
Heather Haxo Phillips (she/her) is Director of Adeline Yoga and a Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher at the Senior Intermediate level (Level 3). She is a long time mentor to other aspiring teachers and CIYT, serving as an assessor and a member of the IYNAUS Assessment Committee.
Heather’s additional certifications include: Certified Yoga Therapist (c-IAYT), Relax and Renew restorative yoga teacher and Yoga Alliance E-500 level instructor. She has specialized yoga therapy training which includes scoliosis, musculoskeletal injuries and pain management. One of her asana-related specialties is women’s health.
Heather has a deep commitment to the ancient teachings which includes mantra sadhana (chanting) and Sanskrit, pranayama and yoga philosophy. You can expect to find aspects of this in all of Heather’s classes. Heather deepens her own practice by studying regularly with senior Iyengar teachers, Sanskrit and Vedic scholars, and the Iyengar family in Pune. Heather is past President of the Board of Directors for the Iyengar Yoga Association of Northern California and an active volunteer for the Iyengar Yoga National Association of the United States.
Michael Lucey is a certified Level 3 Iyengar yoga teacher at the Senior 1 level. He stumbled into an Iyengar yoga class in 1982, while he was a student at Oxford University. Since then, he has been fascinated by how yoga can transform your relation to your body, mind, and breath and his classes aim to share that fascination with you. Michael is certified at the Senior Intermediate level; he has had the good fortune to study with many senior teachers from around the United States and Europe, and has also made 11 trips to Pune, India to study with the Iyengar family. His most recent trip was in December 2018. Michael is a professor of Comparative Literature and French at the University of California, Berkeley, and served as President of the Iyengar Yoga National Association of the United States from 2014-2017.
Sandy Lamerson (she/her) is a Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher, Ayurvedic Health Counselor and meditation practitioner. Sandy began her yoga and meditation practice in 2005. She trained and worked at the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco since 2014. She is a graduate of Kerala Ayurveda Academy’s Ayurvedic Health Counselor program and is currently completing her Ayurvedic Practitioner level training.
Sandy has lived and practiced at Buddhist meditation centers in the US and Asia for many years. Her work with the wisdom and compassion practices offered through Buddhism inspires her deepest intention of waking up and transforming suffering – her own and others. Sandy provides a welcoming environment for all to experience the benefits of yoga. Her knowledge of Ayurveda informs her approach and ability to offer practices tailored to the individual, time and season. As a new mother, Sandy also offers pre- and post-natal yoga support to parents.
Kelly Sobanski (she/her) is a Certified Level 3 Iyengar Yoga Teacher and a c-IAYT certified Yoga Therapist. She has studied directly with BKS Iyengar, Geeta Iyengar and Abhijata Shridar including six months of study at the Iyengar Institute in Pune, India. Kelly has deep knowledge of Iyengar Yoga therapeutics and pain management, gleaned from her own practice and eight years assisting in Lois Steinberg’s therapy classes at Iyengar Yoga Champaign-Urbana and her time at the Iyengar Institute in Pune. Kelly has worked with many students with intricate and in-depth physical challenges. Kelly inspires practitioners at all levels to cultivate wisdom, intuition and luminance through the endless learning that yoga unveils. She is also a dedicated volunteer including past President of the Board of Directors for the Iyengar Yoga Association of the Mid-West.