Spring Classes
Apr 1 - Jun 30
For Hosted by Brian class information see Iyengar Yoga with Brian.
Learning
Monday
9-10.45
Intermediate + Series
Hosted by Brian
Sign Up - no class 4/22, 4/29, 5/6
Tuesday
7-8am
Led Practice
Hosted by Brian
Sign Up - no class 4/23, 4/30
7.40-8.40pm
Beginner 2 Course
Wesbrook In-Person
Sign Up - no class 4/23
Wednesday
8-9.30am
Intermediate
Hosted by IYISF
Sign Up
10.45-12.15pm
Intermediate
Wesbrook In-Person
Sign Up - no class 4/24
Thursday
7-8am
Led Practice
Hosted by IYISF
Sign Up - no class 4/25, 5/2
10-11.30am
Intermediate
Mt Pleasant - 257 E 7th Ave
Sign Up - no class 4/25, 5/2
6.25-7.40pm
Intermediate
Wesbrook In-Person
Sign Up - no class 4/25, 5/2
Friday
Saturday
10-11.30am
Intermediate +
Hosted by Brian
Sign Up - no class 4/27, 5/4
Sunday
Monthly
Yoga Sutras
Apr 19, May 17, Jun 7
Continuing Studies
Apr 21, May 19, Jun 9
Individual Instruction
Need help with a specific need, a particular limitation, a challenge, or goal; to learn adaptive approaches, specific actions, and use of props to help bring relief from common ailments or injury; to energize or evolve your home practice. Contact me.
Spring Series
Continuing Studies
Online
Apr 21, May 19, Jun 9
Sundays 10am-12:30pm
Learn, study, explore, and expand your inner practice horizons with confidence. Share your experience among friends in yoga. This monthly class is a launch and sustaining platform for continuous practice and study of the eight “petals” of astanga yoga in the Iyengar tradition. Sessions include asana themes, threads, and approaches to more complex asana; preparatory and primary pranayama; and yoga philosophy discussion with practical application to your life and practice.
Optional Preparation - Themed, optional reading and study assignments will be provided to support your own theory and practice exploration prior to each session. Please register at least one week prior to the session, sooner when possible.
Recommendations: a curiosity to learn and three years of study with a Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher (CIYT).
Pranayama II
Online Series
May 13, 20, 27, Jun 3, 10
Monday 6-7pm
A series to explore asana conducive for pranayama, the deeper layers of Savasana, breath observation and awareness, steadiness and suppleness in seated Ujjayi and Viloma, Jalandhara Bandha, Bhramari, the art of placing the fingers on the nose for digital pranayama, and Anuloma I. Recommended that students have minimum three years of study with a Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher (CIYT), attended Pranayama 1 Series or have equivalent experience, and stability and comfort with Salamba Sirsasana and Salamba Sarvangasana variations.
These informal gatherings to explore the Yoga Sutras will look to the gems of practical wisdom in B.K.S. Iyengar's translation and commentary, Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. Other publications by the Iyengars and translations are sometimes woven in. Each gathering will offer a mix of lecture, inquiry, basic pronunciation, chanting, perplexity, and clarity.
For April, we will settle in to a single sutra – YS 2.46 – and B.K.S. Iyengar’s insightful commentary from Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. Read first the commentary. Then read two sections from B.K.S. Iyengar’s Light on Life - “Awareness: Every Pore of the Skin Has to Become an Eye” and Dynamic Extension: From the Core of Your Being” in Chapter 2. Reflecting on the reading and your practice, are there one or two insights that inspire exploration? Was there a passage from Light on Life that provided a deeper understanding of the sutra commentary?
Or, just come and enjoy the community of others. Learn and simply “be" without worrying about being prepared or having done anything at all special besides living your life and showing up.
Yoga Sutra Study Group
Online
Apr 19, May 17, Jun 7
Fridays 5-6pm
Community donation optional — 100% of donations go to a fund to support financially challenged students continue learning of Iyengar Yoga. Register for free to receive the meeting link.
“Our sadhana consists of a process of dynamic and progressive efforts, through the various aspects of asthanga yoga, until we reach samadhi, the effortless state which is the mark of a stable intelligence (sthitaprajna)."
- Geeta S. Iyengar
Intensives
Annual Iyengar Yoga Intensive
Online
Summer date TBD
Learn in community with yoga friends. We begin Thursday afternoon and finish Sunday morning. Full days include asana, pranayama, yoga sutras, discussion, and ample time for questions, sharing and discussion.
Thursday (Pacific Time)
4-6pm Philosophy / Asana / Pranayama
Friday - Saturday
7-7:30am Led Pranayama
9-11:30am Asana
4-6pm Philosophy / Asana / Pranayama
Sunday
7-7:30am Led Pranayama
9-11:30am Asana
Minimum THREE years of CONSISTENT experience in the Iyengar method recommended.
Workshops
Iyengar Yoga South Bay
In-Person
Campbell, CA
May 2-5
LIGHT OF KNOWLEDGE
B.K.S. Iyengar guides, “Precision in action comes when the challenge by one side of the body is met by an equal counter challenge of the other. This ignites the light of knowledge.” In this longer format, in-person gathering we will explore balance in body, breath, and mind, and the significant role of intelligence of the body in contrast to strength. Although each session will offer a capsule of learning to inspire further exploration in self-practice, full attendance is recommended to realize the greater depth of learning that evolves with each progressive session. The schedule is designed for plenty of time for sharing insights, clarifying doubts, and enjoying the community of yoga friends.
Thursday
2:30-5:30pm Practice, Theory, Teaching - a session for CIYTs and students actively mentoring to become a CIYT.
6-7:30pm Asana
Friday
9-11:30am Asana
2:30-3:30pm Teachers Special Topic
4-6pm Philosophy/Asana/Pranayama
Saturday
9-11:30am Asana
2:30-3:30pm Community Special Topic
4-6pm Philosophy/Asana/Pranayama
Sunday
9-11:30am Asana
MORE INFO coming soon
Wednesday - Sunday
Yoga Tree
In-Person
Tokyo, Japan
June 19-23
Iyengar Yoga Association Upper Midwest
In-Person
Minneapolis-Saint Paul, MN
Oct 18-20
THEME TBD
3-5:30pm Practice, Theory, Teaching - a session for CIYTs and aspiring CIYTs
6-7:30pm Asana
Saturday
9-11:30am Asana
3pm Community Gathering (Optional)
4-6pm Philosophy, Asana, Pranayama
Sunday
9-11:30am Asana
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