Study
Winter Programs
Continuing Studies
Monthly Sundays 10a-12.30p (Pacific)
Feb 1, Mar 1, Mar 29
Build your own practice “fund of experience.”
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.
January - In Light on Life, B.K.S. Iyengar writes, “...in Savasana you are on the edge of a great mystery…”. With our intention to establish daily practices, we will explore the surface of Savasana from above surface approaches to states below. In preparation, you are encouraged to read Savasana (The Art of Relaxation) in Light on Pranayama, Savasana and Time in Chapter 7 of Light on Life, and The Art of Relaxation in Iyengar His Life and Work.
Recommended: a curiosity to learn and three years of study with a Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher (CIYT).
Yoga Sutra Study Group
Monthly Fridays 1-2pm (Pacific)
Jan 30, Feb 27, Mar 27
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.
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. Community donation optional — 100% of donations go to a fund to support financially challenged students continue learning of Iyengar Yoga.
January - “The quality of intelligence is inherent but dormant, so our first step must be to awaken it.” – B.K.S. Iyengar. Let’s begin the new year with the intention to establish daily practices. In preparation for our January session, please peruse Yoga Sutras 1.1 - 1.22. When we meet, we will discuss general concepts encapsulated in these sutras with a deeper look at the vrttis, fluctuations of consciousness. We will also explore ways to begin a daily practice of chanting and how exploring the connection of words, their sound, and meaning can help fortify memory.
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.