IYENGAR Yoga
As well as publishing my novel, I am a qualified IYENGAR Yoga teacher (Level 1).
The Iyengar Yoga certification mark is the benchmark for excellence in yoga teaching. Iyengar teachers are upheld to the highest standards of training and assessment.
- Iyengar yoga is suitable for all types of people, abilities and levels of fitness
- You’ll learn through a carefully graded and systematic programme of Asana (posture), suited to your ability
- Teachers gradually introduce Pranayama (breath control) once students have a firm foundation of Asana practice
- Practice helps you to relax and energizes the body and mind, bringing vitality, flexibility, strength, concentration, self-confidence and mental calm
- Iyengar yoga can help you overcome and prevent many stresses, strains, aches and pains. It promotes a firm foundation for health and well-being
Yoga is one of the oldest systems of personal development in the world. This system of balancing the body, mind and spirit was formulated by ancient yogis, who understood our essential nature and realised a way to utilise our inner resources to live in harmony with ourselves and the environment.
B.K.S. Iyengar evolved precise posture (Asana) and breathing (Pranayama) techniques with a firm philosophical base in his book of commentary on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.