Study
Spring Programs
Continuing Studies
Monthly Sundays 10a-12.30p (Pacific)
Apr 19, May 17, Jun 14
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.
April - Having looked at the article, “Ashtanga Yoga - Ashta Vrtti Nirodha” by Geeta S. Iyengar through the lens of the Yoga Sutras in the Yoga Sutra Study Group, we will explore the article in Continuing Studies through the lens of Asana and Pranayama in their 8-petals of yoga context. The article is published in Yoga Rahasya Vol. 15, No. 2 and available for registered participants to download that issue of Yoga Rahasya is not available.
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)
Apr 17, May 15, Jun 12
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.
April - We will discuss “Ashtanga Yoga - Ashta Vrtti Nirodha” by Geeta S. Iyengar, which elucidates B.K.S. Iyengar’s insight connecting Patanjali’s definition of yoga to each of the eight limbs of yoga. The article is published in Yoga Rahasya Vol. 15, No. 2 and available for registered participants to download that issue of Yoga Rahasya is not available.
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.