This is guest blogger, Suzanne, here to tell you about my journey with handstand. I have been practicing Iyengar yoga for two years. When I first began, I knew that this philosophy of yoga appealed to me. The frequent instructions while getting into a pose and while in the pose were soothing. I found that…
As some of you have heard, a couple of weeks ago, I passed the Intermediate Junior 1 teacher assessment. I was already a certified Iyengar Yoga teacher before I took the exam but passing the test means that I have another certificate beyond the basic certification. There are three levels of certification; Introductory, Intermediate, and Advanced….
How does doing some exercises on a yoga mat change your life? Unless you are of the “burning bush” variety it is probably unlikely that doing yoga poses once in your life will have a large affect on it. It is doing them once most days consistently over a period of time that has made…
I spent the first two weeks of December teaching at Pranayama Yoga Studio (www.yogarockford.com), pictured at left. This great Iyengar Yoga studio is owned by my dear friend Jennie Williford. I met Jennie years ago in Ann Arbor at one of Laurie Blakeney’s teacher trainings (www.annarborschoolofyoga.com). We traveled to Pune together to study at the…
Before I list all the reasons why I love Iyengar Yoga let me first say that I think we (as Americans / Westerners) put too much pressure on yoga and yoga traditions. We want it to do everything and be everything to and for us. It must cure our bad back, make us happy always,…
I moved to Cincinnati on July 15 of this year. A short time after I moved I surprised myself when I decided I wanted to incorporate a blog into my yoga site. I mean, I am not a blogger or even a big writer for that matter. I read other blogs only occasionally and am…
