Alaric Newcombe

The Master….

Watch this short clip of Geeta Iyengar teaching Viloma in Australia in 2009. Just part of one of a number of extended videos and audio extracts and articles in the subject P-04 Viloma-Lying on Yoga Vidya: https://study.yogamandir.com.au/courses/p-04 . Enrol at any time and take a journey with us into the heart of yoga with practice based study.

Workshops with Alaric

Senior Iyengar yoga teacher and trainer Alaric Newcombe will be teaching monthly Intermediate Workshops on Friday afternoons until the end of the year.

We hope you can join us in the studio!

Intermediate Workshops with Alaric Newcombe

Friday 29 September
2.00 - 5.00pm

Friday 27 October
2.00 - 5.00pm

Friday 24 November
2.00 - 5.00pm

Friday 22 December
2.00 - 5.00pm

Members £27 | Visitors £31 | Concessions £16

https://iyengaryogalondon.co.uk/iyengar-yoga-workshops/

Can yoga philosophy be taught without words? 🤐

In the 1960s, B.K.S. Iyengar trained teachers in London, where classes were offered with government funding. There was only one condition – they had to be presented as a workout.

The Inner London Education Authority granted approval “provided that instruction is confined to ‘asanas’ and ‘pranayamas’ (postures and breathing disciplines) and does not extend to the philosophy of Yoga." Instead, the practice should be “a means of keeping fit.”

Iyengar consented, reflecting later: “Better life can be taught without using religious words. Meditation is of two types, active and passive. I took the active side of meditation by making students totally absorbed in the poses.”

Although he bombarded them with detailed instructions on physical actions, he said this was training that silenced the mind.

As he put it in The Tree of Yoga: “I teach externally, but in doing so I am keeping your internal organs in a state of single-pointed awareness for four hours at a stretch.”

How else might ideas be expressed through embodied techniques?

📷 Silvia Prescott being adjusted by Iyengar

📖 Yoga in Britain by Suzanne Newcombe explores this history

IYNAUS Spring Sadhana with Abhijata Iyengar

We could not wait to share the good news! IYNAUS is excited to announce the IYNAUS Spring Sadhana event with our esteemed teacher Abhijata Iyengar. Our beloved Guruji defines Sadhana as constant practice or quest, a key to freedom, a spiritual endeavor, and a discipline undertaken in the pursuit of a goal. In Light on Yoga, he quotes the Hatha Yoga Pradipika in his illustration of Sadhana –
“Constant practice alone is the secret of success.”

Registration is now open. Sign up to experience the teachings from this incredible lineage as we embrace the opportunity to enhance our constant practice and further our quest together as a community under the tutelage of his granddaughter Abhijata.

Wednesday, April 14 – Sunday, April 18, 2021

Wednesday – Sunday classes will be held 9 – 11 a.m. EDT.

Early Bird 5-day event cost: $150 by February 28, 2021
Regular 5-day event cost: $175 beginning March 1, 2021

REGISTER FOR THE 5-DAY EVENT

Registration is open to IYNAUS members and members of other Iyengar Yoga national associations only. No refunds will be given.

https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=20536330&appointmentType=20222171

T-SHIRT CONTEST

By popular demand—we are once again Calling All Artists in our IYNAUS community to submit a graphic design to be featured as the official T-shirt for “IYNAUS Spring Sadhana” with Abhijata Iyengar.

Send your artwork to [email protected] by Feb. 28. The IYNAUS Board will vote on the entries and select the design for the commemorative T-shirt. Rules are: No added phrases and no changing of the event title. The artwork needs to be two colors maximum. Submissions must be in digital format, either a vector file, a high-resolution JPEG or a PDF. Winner will attend the Spring Sadhana for free, along with having their artwork on the commemorative tee!

IYMV Jawahar Bangera Pranayama Classes

Exciting news - We will be hosting two linked livestreamed Pranayama classes with Jawahar Bangera for IYMV members this February.

The classes are suitable for general level students and above. The price is for both sessions and we are unable to take bookings for a single class.

Saturday 27 February
LIVESTREAM Pranayama Class
1.30-3.30pm (GMT)

Sunday 28 February
LIVESTREAM Pranayama Class
1.30-3.30pm (GMT)

Price £30
Booking link in comments

Jawahar started practising yoga directly under Guruji in 1969, and accompanied Guruji to many conventions over the years. He is a very experienced senior teacher, leading classes all over the world.
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You can now book for Zubin’s online workshop in February. Please like and tag a yoga friend who might be interested in the comments below 😊