News, events, updates, advice, in-depth articles, teacher interviews, yoga philosophy, inspiration and more: you’ll find it all here in our regularly updated Iyengar yoga blog.
News
Iyengar Yoga Home Practice Videos with Raya Uma Datta We are very excited to welcome Raya Uma Datta to Iyengar Yoga London Maida Vale for the first time this May. Raya led the 2016 UK Iyengar Association convention and is one of the key teachers at the Ramamani Iyengar [...]
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B.K.S. Iyengar’s visits to Ann Arbor, Michigan Filmmakers Donald Harrison and Jeanne Hodesh from 7 Cylinders Studio were commissioned by Ann Arbour District Library to produce a short film about the relationship between B.K.S. Iyengar and the City of Ann Arbor, Michigan. It tells the story of how B.K.S. Iyengar [...]
Articles
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B.K.S. Iyengar’s visits to Ann Arbor, Michigan Filmmakers Donald Harrison and Jeanne Hodesh from 7 Cylinders Studio were commissioned by Ann Arbour District Library to produce a short film about the relationship between B.K.S. Iyengar and the City of Ann Arbor, Michigan. It tells the story of how B.K.S. Iyengar [...]
Teacher interviews
Richard Ward is one of the most senior and long-standing teachers at Iyengar Yoga London. Here he shares his yoga beginnings and his first meeting with Guruji with us.
In this fascinating talk senior Iyengar yoga teacher and teacher trainer, Sallie Sullivan, looks at how yoga postures have been represented on paper and in stone through the millennia and compares the instructions in ancient text to BKS Iyengar’s Light On Yoga.
One of Iyengar Yoga London’s objectives is to make yoga as accessible as possible to people in our local area. In 2017, the centre launched an outreach programme to help subsidise Iyengar yoga classes for vulnerable and disadvantaged adults. Iyengar yoga teachers were invited to apply for a six month [...]
Remedial yoga
During the winter months, when the immune system is compromised, we suggest the following sequence outlined by BKS Iyengar
Iyengar Yoga & Mental Health By Patrick Marmion Is the mind a figment of the body or the body a figment of the mind? This is the kind of chicken and egg question that keeps me awake at night. An enthusiasm for such questions was partly what led me to [...]
Yoga philosophy
Below are extracts from a speech given by BKS Iyengar in 1984 at the opening of what was then called the Iyengar Yoga Institute in Maida Vale, known today as Iyengar Yoga London. BKS Iyengar’s words convey how important it was to him to have established a yoga centre in [...]
When going to a yoga class for the very first time, some students may be surprised that we start the class chanting ‘Om’ three times. Ainhoa Acosta takes a closer look at the practice and its roots.
When going to a yoga class for the very first time, some students may be surprised that we start the class chanting ‘Om’ three times. Ainhoa Acosta takes a closer look at the practice and its roots.
