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
We are excited to announce that this July, we are hosting two visiting teachers from India, Devki Desai and Sushama Chitale, who will be leading a range of Summer Workshop Specials.
Devki and Sushama are highly regarded Senior Iyengar Yoga teachers at the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute (RIMYI). We are honoured to welcome both of them for a multi-day series of workshops, offering something for everyone!
We are excited to welcome back Senior teacher and former student of B.K.S. Iyengar, Jayne Orton, this July for her annual Hybrid Summer Workshops.
Articles
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.
Mark Tully (former BBC’s India correspondent) visited Pune in 1999. The result of this visit was a memorable interview with BKS Iyengar and the BBC Radio 4 production “Head to Toe“. The BBC producer, Vanessa Harrison, has kindly given some of the interview transcripts to Dipika. This is a section [...]
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
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This year marks the 60th anniversary of B.K.S. Iyengar's Light on Yoga, widely regarded as one of the most influential texts in modern yoga. In tribute, we’ve revisited our archives and are highlighting a wonderful piece by the late Beatrice Harthan, whose crucial efforts helped bring Light on Yoga to publication.
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.
