Black Buses near the Institute
Yesterday there were four black police buses lined up on Hare Krishna Mandir Road near the Institute. A little odd, but they weren't there when I returned for the evening pranayama class. This...
View ArticleChelo! Hindi Encouragement
We've had substitutes for a couple of classes this last week because Geeta has been unwell. Gulnaz, who is on the teaching staff here teaches her own beginning and intermediate classes on the second...
View ArticleWomen’s Class Sequence from Iyengar
For several years I've enjoyed practicing sequences from Geeta that were published in the IYASE, Iyengar Yoga Association of the South East, newsletters. Of course, the experience of being at the...
View ArticleHonor Thy Teacher
All classes begin here with three Om's and chanting the Ode to Patanjali. Most Iyengar students are familiar with this traditional way to begin a class to honor Patanjali, the father of yoga. Patanjali...
View ArticlePranayama Turning Within
Pranayama, breath control, is taught every Thursday evening. There is a two hour class by Geeta for experienced RIMYI students and a forty-five minute class for First Timers like me on the second...
View ArticlePrashant on the Culture of Yoga
Last Tuesday night Prashant began class with the pronouncement, "One for all and all for one." He went on to explain. When we practice we should do one action, e.g. tighten the elbow, not just to...
View ArticleBackbending Challenge
At the Institute the first week of the month Standing Asanas are taught. The second week Forward Bends and Twists are taught. The third week Backbends are taught and the last week Pranayama is taught....
View ArticleThe Brain of the Pose
At the beginning of the women's class as we sat in Swastikasana, Abhi gave us detailed instructions about folding the palms in Namaskar and ended by saying that drawing the inner shoulder blades...
View Article“Don’t be a slave to your memory.”
"Don't be a slave to your memory." Iyengar communicated to us emphatically. Abhi explained that our habitual, mechanical ways of practicing keep us from being open to their instructions. Here are a...
View ArticleIyengar Teaches Us a Lesson
We were all expecting a challenging Women's class for backbending week and we got it. After several Adho Mukha Svanasanas (Downward Dog) we went to (Full Arm Balance) , at least ten repetitions with...
View ArticleThe Children’s Class
When I was planning this trip, I turned to my longtime teacher and mentor, Dean Lerner, with several questions. One was should I sign up to observe the classes. I got a definite "yes" with the...
View ArticleWhat is an Advanced Class anyway?
Looking back on these last three weeks of asana classes I'm intrigued and impressed by how few asanas were taught and how fundamental they were. Every class included Adho Mukha Svanasana (Downward...
View ArticleRite of Passage
We all experience stepping stones on our yoga path. from doing head balance in the middle of the room to passing an assessment. For me as a First Timer at the Institute, this month has been more like...
View ArticleGeeta Returns
Experiencing Geeta's teaching at the IYNAUS Convention in Portland in May 2010 inspired me to apply to study at RIMYI. So when she became unwell after the first week of the session and didn't teach, I...
View ArticleYour body exists in the past and your mind exists in the future...
Your body exists in the past and your mind exists in the future. In yoga they come together in the present. —B.K.S. Iyengar
View ArticleFab Over Fifty's upcoming Iyengar Yoga film
Demo reel of Fab Over Fifty's upcoming Iyengar Yoga film, featuring the instruction of Adam Vitolo.
View ArticleBeing BKS Iyengar: The Enlightened Yogi of Yoga. Part 1
The result of a lifelong study, yoga, its most famous teacher says, has given him the gift of life. He says if he hadn't found it, he simply wouldn't have been alive. This week on Being Legends,...
View ArticleYoga After 50
Yoga has been in the news a lot this month. Check out the articles on Yoga for People over 50 in the New York Times. Dr. Loren Fishman who has specialized in the therapeutic use of yoga,has a NYT...
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