December President’s Message
This is what I shared at our last Board meeting of 2021. This is a very emotional time for me since my term as President of IYASE ends. I feel a deep calling for community service, especially for our Iyengar community.
I know volunteering is not easy with all the things we have going on in our lives. I admire two qualities from you: showing up for yourself and others, and your commitment.
It was a real pleasure working with you all. I think we definitely do better together. I learned many things from you: listen, be patient, acknowledge each of your strengths, communicate better and respect your time.
I would like to thank Laura for her continuous support and dedication, especially for writing emails and editing what I write, because you know my strength is not writing, especially in English.
For those whose term also ends, I cannot thank you enough.
Sharon for being our Treasurer, I am so bad at numbers that I fully respect your management of them and being so attentive to our expenses.
Jill is very quiet, but when she says something you better listen, she adds something good for the conversation. She helped us give as many scholarships as we could.
Sara...you helped us in many ways, from continuing education, to the managing of IYASE’s archives, to participating in our governance meetings, I appreciate your point of view.
Megan...I have to say you rocked our newsletter. She is moving into a new chapter volunteering for IYNAUS in the DEIJ committee, such a challenging role, I wish you the best!
Last but not least, thank you so much for allowing me to be President of IYASE and for giving me the opportunity to work with each of you.
To all members; I hope you feel our commitment to the community and the projects we have done were important and helpful for you. Thank you for your support.
Much love and Namaste,
Mariana Scotti
2020-2021 IYASE President
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IYASE Newsletter Tour of our states:
North and Western Florida
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Our newsletter spotlight is on North and Western Florida (everywhere except Southeast Florida) for this issue. There are 36 CIYTs in this area, including 15 Level 2 and four Level 3 CIYTs. |
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Iyengar Yoga on the Gulf Coast
Peentz Dubble (CIYT Level 3)
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I am a recent transplant from the Northeast U.S. I moved with my husband to St. Pete in the Fall of 2017 and felt like I had landed on another planet! Having grown up in the Mid-Atlantic and then lived as an adult in New York, New Jersey and New England, the world of the Southeast U.S. and Florida in particular was radically different. This is my 4th. year of experiencing “Fall” in Florida and I can finally say that I am able to appreciate the subtle nuances of the transition from summer to Fall. Instead of falling leaves, cactus and trees are blooming in exotic beauty!
I was certified as an Iyengar teacher in 1984. I lived in NYC at that time, was a modern dancer, and eventually opened the first Iyengar Yoga Center of NY with Judy Brick Freedman, my first Iyengar yoga teacher. Judy introduced me to so many influential Iyengar teachers by hosting them at our Center. She encouraged me to attend the first Iyengar Yoga Conference in San Francisco in 1983 where I met B.K.S. Iyengar. In 1987 I began what became a regular sojourn to Pune to study with Guruji, Geeta and Prashant which completely opened my mind and transformed my being. I moved to Boston in 1994 where I met Patricia Walden, who has been my primary teacher, mentor, colleague and friend ever since. Another transformation began when she and a few students began meeting after class to study the Yoga Sutras. My heart expanded and the life-changing journey continues to deepen.
In the Boston area, I taught for many years at Patricia and Karin Stephen’s studio in Somerville. I co-taught Teacher Training Programs with Patricia and assisted her in many workshops. Later, after her studio closed, we both began teaching at Down Under Yoga and developed a robust Iyengar Yoga Program there. In 2003 I began to teach yoga retreats in Vermont, naming the place “Windhorse”. Until the pandemic, I have lived and taught in Vermont every summer. I am endlessly inspired by living close to nature and by poetry.
When I moved to St. Pete I was thrilled to discover a fledgling Iyengar Yoga Center, started by Tricia Amheiser about a year before I arrived. There was a small, dedicated group of Iyengar students. Tricia invited me to teach at her studio and together we continued to build and develop the Iyengar St. Pete community. We began to mentor a few students toward eventual certification. I taught a monthly class for teachers in this area, which enabled us to form friendships and offer collegial support to one another. We began to host special events and workshops.
Sadly, one of the casualties of the pandemic has been the Iyengar Yoga Studio closing last January. Both Tricia and I continue to teach our classes online. I miss the sense of community that was beginning to develop, both here in St. Pete and within our pocket of North/Central Florida. It is my great hope that in time a bricks and mortar studio will manifest, enabling us all to gather in person once again so that our local Iyengar community can continue to flourish. This year 3 of our mentees became CIYT’s and we are so proud of them! We would love to find a place where they can continue to grow as teachers here in St. Pete!
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Suzie Muchnick
CIYT (Level 3)
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Did you ever meander around and around looking for something and didn’t know what you were looking for? And all of a sudden something you didn’t think you were looking for catches your eye and immediately you say, “I want that. I need that. I want to learn how to do that.” Well, I hope you have had that experience because it’s amazing. That’s what happened to me in 1977. Holy cow! That was 44 years ago. That was when I met my first Iyengar yoga teacher, Karin Stephan. I turned onto that road and have been on it ever since.
I began practicing yoga in New York, then in Coconut Grove and now in Naples, FL. What’s different about teaching in New York and Miami/Coconut Grove and Naples? In two words? Politics and religion. It’s very different now, but in 1986 when I first moved to the western side of Florida, there were many who thought I was preaching the devil.
Although the principles of what I teach and practice are the same the tone, pace and intention are very different. As it should be. Education and learning should evolve especially as we age and as we teach those who are aging.
Our yoga practice should also be fun, because it’s also our lifestyle. Life should be fun especially in these times. I smile and laugh a lot more these days in class as I watch my students recognizing how valuable their years in practice have supported them in all sorts of experiences from losing a loved one to dealing with a hurricane. Our practice is not only about standing on our heads to balance but also to have a similar equanimity in life’s challenges.
Suzie founded and is the director of Postures Yoga Studio in Naples, FL. Find Suzie's classes and more here.
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As we approach our 5th year in our own space, we continue to offer the only authentic Iyengar yoga classes in Sarasota taught by certified teachers.
In response to the pandemic, we closed the studio in March 2020, installed a giant TV screen, and shifted our community into the Zoom world. Despite the geographic distance, practicing and learning together connected us more deeply, and our students created a space in their homes for props and practice. As we learn in yoga, every obstacle is an opportunity for transformation.
We re-opened the studio in June 2021, and now offer classes – online, in-class and hybrid. In addition to ongoing classes (for all levels and abilities), we restarted the Introductory in-class series and introduced Yoga Express online and the brand-new classes: the Hybrid Ropes Class, and By the Book online class.
The Introductory class, taught by Deborah Di Carlo, welcomes absolute beginners (young and old), and seasoned practitioners who need a refresher. Deborah is skilled in helping beginners learn how to place feet and extend arms, and gently work with students towards balance and stability. Students finish the curriculum ready to matriculate into the regular classes.
Yoga Express classes are 1-hour online classes taught by Marilyn Rubin. All levels are welcome, and Marilyn observes and teaches to the students in the class. She is a wonderful teacher, and her knowledge of asana and alternatives makes the class a rich experience for all.
Our Hybrid Ropes class allows students with ropes at home to participate with students in class in kurunta practice. Students love using the ropes because they can dive deep into basic and complex poses and hold for longer with support and alignment.
Iyengar By the Book was started by Sue Marcus, as a way to inspire her students (and herself) to dive into Course I of Appendix I of Light on Yoga. It is a donation-based class designed to build stamina and strength, and challenge practitioners in approaching more complex poses. As the poses become more challenging, Sue breaks them down into more doable sequences, and provides alternatives so that all can participate.
Find all this and more on Iyengar Yoga Sarasota's website.
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Deborah DiCarlo
(CIYT Level 2)
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After a few years of doing what she calls “hippie yoga,” Deborah Di Carlo began studying with Iyengar teachers in Madison, WI, during the 1980s. She first traveled to Pune, India for 6 weeks in 1993 to study with the Iyengars. As a result of the ’93 trip, she was inspired to continue her teaching journey and become a certified Iyengar teacher in 1994.

Deborah moved to the Sarasota area in 2005, where she started the Iyengar Yoga program at a local studio. She now teaches at Iyengar Yoga Sarasota, Sarasota, FL. The studio offers yoga classes every day and welcomes visitors who winter in Florida and who drop in during their vacations.
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Sarah Nordin
(CIYT Level 2)
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My name is Sarah Nordin. I started practicing Iyengar yoga in 1999. At that time though, I did not know it was Iyengar yoga. All I knew was that I was attending a yoga class on a Friday, as a means to stretch after a week of various sports. How fortunate I was. A wonderful journey began.
Over twenty years later, after many years of studying/practicing and at one stage starting and managing a yoga studio (hello my Columbus friends), I am still learning. I think this is the essence of Iyengar yoga - the realization that there is such an opportunity for growth.
Here is a picture of my in-between go-to pose to more advanced backbends. The actions needed here from Pincha Mayurasana (Peacock pose) you already know:
- Pressing down through the thumb and forefinger wedge to turn the root of the arms from inside out to draw the weight to the inner elbows
- Grounding down thru the forearms to lift the shoulder blades
- Drilling the inner edge of the feet into the chair seat to broaden the back thighs, and in that space to lift the top rim of the buttocks
Variations: Hand positions
- start with the first presentation of the palms pressing down
- palms up, as seen in the picture here, helps to open the front chest even more and further draws the outer shoulder blades in
- holding the front chair legs gives even more breadth to the front chest
Variations: feet positions
- can start with the feet to the wall, above the chair back
- gradually walk feet down to the chair back, reaffirming the above actions as you do so
- gradually walking the feet to the chair seat
- each time you go into this pose, take turns walking the right foot down to the chair seat first and then the left foot
To come out: come out the same way you came in
- grounding down through the forearms to keep the shoulder blades lifted, walk the feet back up the wall, press into one foot and swing the other leg back towards the floor, with your legs slightly bent, carefully landing on your toe mounds
If you have any questions, please feel free to email me.

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Susie Huard
CIYT (Level 2)
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Some of you know of Boca Raton in southeast Florida where the Iyengar Convention was held in May 2016. This is where I lived for 50 years, was educated, raised a family, owned and operated yoga studios, and taught Iyengar Yoga. That is, until Covid came to town!
Our days were customary, habitual, expected and basically followed the definition of a "practice." But we were practicing a life void of life essence. And recent southeast Florida development squeezed out the last drop. They cut down the trees in our yard to support an expanding highway. The wildlife disappeared. Parks, local restaurants, and small homes were replaced by high-rises. The roads were jammed with tourists. Even our organic outdoor market closed.
I needed to pause, to see my life from a different perspective. So my husband and I got in the car and drove 4 hours north to spend a weekend in the Ocala National Forest. That was the same week that Covid closed down the state. Afraid of the virus and in awe of the beauty we decided to stay...forever! And all it took was a day of kayaking on a beautiful glistening river in the mangroves surrounded by wildlife to confirm that we had made the right decision.
Back in Boca I had recently closed my yoga studio when my landlord wanted me to re-sign with a rent increase. My intuition told me that the scariest thing to give up would be the one thing that could hold me back from claiming my prize. This had to be it. I said good-bye to my clients and students, we said good-bye to our neighbors and friends, I put my yoga props in storage, my husband quit his profession of 40 years, and we left most of our immediate family behind. We went forward with no health insurance and no income. We were free!
It's no secret that south Florida offers warm weather, beautiful beaches, and colorful reefs. But little did I know of the breathtaking natural beauty of the diverse landscapes to be found in Florida's central northern regions. While the rest of the world was seemingly shut down, we were introduced to things we had never seen before; tall thick forests, lush preserves, impressive natural parks, picturesque serene lakes, mysterious caves, hidden waterfalls, and refreshing crystal clear springs, more than 700 of them, more than anywhere else in the world! This is not to mention all of the wildlife! We watched the sun rise and set almost everyday. I felt whole and complete.
A year later I found the path to reconnect to my teaching with a satellite dish for Zoom deep in the woods at our forest cabin. Many of my students returned and I got some new ones too. They selected specific class times, limiting participants to 8 per class, so I could continue to teach to the specific needs of each and every student. Their needs are different now and in most cases greater than what they were a few years back. However, in the absence of running a business, I have more time to share in questions, comments, feedback and meaningful conversation. The adjustments that I used to give with my hands I now give with my heart. I watch the recordings after class, sometimes many times over, to closely study the students in and between the poses so I can continue to help them improve. I watch to study myself too, looking for ways in which I can continue to improve my teaching. This is something that my teacher Dean Lerner instilled in me many years ago of which I am forever grateful for. And while I am watching, I am enjoying, celebrating, and sharing in our successes.
In this new place that I call home, that doesn't seem to have any yoga around for miles and miles, much less Iyengar yoga, I have found union in all the right places. I have found all the pieces that work for me despite what everyone else is doing. In a world currently full of exclusion, I have found peace and unity. The advent of Covid for me offered a reset button that opened a space to think differently, change my perspective, make a shift, and bring myself forward into what I have higher intentions for. It opened a portal for me to see who I am and what I am on this planet that has so elegantly provided me with a magnificent playground for my life and yoga practice! For all of this I am eternally grateful!
Susie Huard has been teaching Iyengar Yoga for 25 years under the guidance and influence of Dean Lerner. She offers on-line privates, classes, workshops and Yoga for Scoliosis at Pura Vida Yoga. Her husband Roger makes beautiful wooden yoga props. They currently reside in Ocklawaha and Ormond Beach, Florida.
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I am Lisa Waas, director of Community Yoga + Wellness. Our studio is located on Amelia Island in the city of Fernandina Beach. We are the northeasternmost city in Florida, right by the Georgia state line. This little slice of heaven is home to 130,000 people. It is a true southern town with a Victorian downtown and lots of large oak trees draped with Spanish moss. We are bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and salt marshes. The summers are hot and balmy and winters is mild and cool.
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I am the owner, director, primary teacher, and only Iyengar teacher out of seven working in the studio.
I taught in a small space for over six years teaching to no more than six people at a time. Finally, four years ago I was able to realize my dream of building a larger, vibrant yoga school.
The best thing that to come out of the pandemic has been Zoom classes. Five other CIYTs now teach online. We offer hybrid classes, streamed live from the studio, with students joining in person and from all around the country.
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Learn more about Community Yoga + Wellness here.
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Susan started teaching classes Mon- Fri at 9 am on Zoom when the pandemic began, and much to her delight, it has been a joy! We are currently practicing the poses from the 28 week Preliminary Course and learning so much. The group of students is varied both in age and location, from Belize to Toronto and Vermont to Texas. Classes are donation-based. We are also learning to chant the Yoga Sutras with a wonderful Sanskrit teacher, Jenna, on Tuesdays and have made it to 2.34 in the Sadhana Pada since we began in January. You are welcome to join us.
On the web, find Susan here.
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Kandy's yoga began in the 70’s as relief/re-grouping from teaching high school and she started substitute teaching for her yoga teacher. In the 80’s she was introduced to Iyengar yoga by Bobbi Goldin during the Sanibel Island Yoga Retreats and committed teaching this approach wholeheartedly under Bobbi’s guidance; her spirited, loving influence continues to this day. From 1990-2015 she owned/operated the first yoga/massage center in Lee County. Now Kandy’s focus has morphed into Zoom teaching and private teaching.
During this unusual closed-down time, she began teaching small Zoom classes and privates. This photo was taken during one class with students from Canada, Iowa and Kansas. The most fun - staying in touch with students from around the country who we not traveling to Fort Myers.

Now you can find her teaching privates, live and online. Kandy believes in this time of over-taking of technology that one-on-one live in-person teaching is the way to most effectively serve the purpose of Iyengar yoga: assisting people to open/heal hearts, bodies and minds, rediscovering the playful, powerful and peaceful aspects of themselves.
Find Kandy's website here. |
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Bhavi is originally from India, and calls Tampa Bay home the past 18 years. Yoga has been an integral part of her life for over 16 years. Inspired by Autobiography of a Yogi, Light on Yoga, her mom embarked on the fulfilling journey of self. She lives in a multigenerational family, raising her two kids, nurturing her wonderful family. To her, yoga cultivates balance in body, cultures the mind and ignites intelligence of self. On her recent visit to India she was inspired by the Kumbhalgarh Fort (the second largest wall in the world, no. 2 after the Great Wall of China). Here is her favorite sequence to relax and recharge legs after a long journey! She recently taught a 4 week workshop to faculty and staff at Carrollwood Day school.
Adho Mukha Svanasana
Parvatasana
Lolasana
Baddhakonasa
Upavistha Konasana
Bharadvajasana
Adho Mukha Svanasana
Prasarita padottanasana
Urdhva Mukha dhanurasana
Paschimottanasana
Halasana
Sarvangasana
Savasana
Bhavi teaches online. Find her classes here. You can email her here. Find her on instagram at @bhavi_inyog
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El in padmasana with baddhanguliyasana arms |
Padmasana has become of one of my best friends in my daily practice, especially since my total hip replacement a few years ago. Admittedly, there have been many practices where this pose has felt more like a foe than a friend. But I knew that I had to keep faith (sraddha) in this practice and my dedication with attentive awareness (ekatanata) if I wanted to reconnect to Padmasana in a meaningful way. It’s been a long journey and has taken much patience.
When I felt Padmasana was my foe, I recalled Guruji’s description of the Yoga vitamins in the Yoga Sutra 1.20, sraddha virya smrti samadhipranjna purvakah iraresam. It was with this faith, courage, boldness, and dedicated absorption in what I could do and not do in each practice, that I found my way back to Padmasana as a healer and good friend once again.
My daily practice followed the progressive practice of stages of Padmasana in Chapter 2 of Geetaji’s Intermediate Coursebook. I had spent many days, even weeks, in several preparatory stages to reintroduce my new hip and the muscles of my legs, especially the shins and arches of my feet, to the action and range needed for the ultimate pose.
For me, it took a daily practice of Baddha Konasana and Upavista Konasana. Svastikasana was quite discomforting in the beginning after surgery. So I relied on a daily Baddha Konasana practice, using props to expand distance between the feet and groins to get into an even Siddhasana pose. My practice also was balanced with a lot of outer hip stretches in poses like Malasana 2, Marichyasana, Gomukhasana and strengthening from the standing poses.
It was when I could do Svastikasana without much discomfort that progressed to adding the supportive practice of Ardha Padmasana in various positions such as standing, sitting in a chair, supine, sitting on a support and without, always as my hips dictated. One of the interesting elements I have to attend to is that my new hip is a conventional hip socket, where the femur has a full acetabulum cup. My other hip socket has a shallower acetabulum cup over the femur head, which is known as hip dysplasia. Each requires different but equal attention when in practice.
My yoga practice has been invaluable to my healing, especially the progressive steps to Padmasana in the Intermediate Coursebook. Being dedicated to this practice of Padmasana with ekatanata has allowed my healing to come gradually and confidently so that I can do more and hopefully stave off any further injuries to my hips.
I believe so much in this practice that I teach Baddha Konasana variations and Padmasana preparations and its stages in almost all of my classes. It’s never too late to start.
Be in the joy ~
You can email El here. Find El's website here.
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Dina began studying with David Meloni in Florence, Italy, in 2018 to further her understanding of working with her asymmetric body. David is the most highly certified Iyengar yoga teacher in the world, and his therapeutics are able to help even the most physically challenged practitioners find a path into practice and beyond. |
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The holidays can be demanding on our time; however, a short practice can still be a remedy to go inward, cultivate peace and slow down. I’m all about being realistic and encourage students to forgo lofty ideals of long practices when life adds extra demands. Here is a short 20-30 minute Iyengar Yoga sequence to practice. Enjoy the deeply relaxing Mgz solfeggio frequency music while you practice to invite in uber relaxing vibes, and change up your frequency.
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Dynamic Utkatasana
Working the legs first is grounding and creates power, as is the meaning of Utkatasana.
Stand in Tadasana feet together.
Press the feet down as you lift the thighs up.
As you inhale, bring the arms up to shoulder height.
As you exhale, sit down into the pose.
Go in and out for 5-10 reps.
On the last one, hold it for a few breaths, squeezing the thighs together. Press the heels down, buttocks to heels.
Come out by straightening the legs and release the arms.
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Prasarita Padottanasana
Standing Wide Leg Forward fold
Stand in Tadasana.
Bring hands to rest on the hips.
Step or jump the feet 4-5 feet apart.
Outer edges of the feet should be straight.
Press the feet down and lift the thighs up.
Broaden the collar bones apart and take the shoulder blades down.
Go up and back to open the chest.
Extend the chest forward.
Bring hands to bricks or to the ground.
Spend some time to readjust the actions of the feet pressing down, thighs lifting up and moving back.
Straighten the arms, shoulder blades to the buttocks.
Stay for 4-5 breaths.
Walk the hands back in line with the shoulders while continuing to extend the chest.
On an exhalation, bend the elbows, keeping them in line with the shoulders.
Release the head down.
Hold for 1-2 minutes or as long as feels appropriate for you.
To come out straighten the arms and walk the hands back under the shoulders.
Heel toe the feet hip distance apart.
Hands on hips, look forward, extend trunk forward to come up.
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Supta Svastikasana
Reclined legs crossed supported pose is one of my favorites.
Opens the outer hips and allows for a gentle groin opening.
Recommend you stay for 5 minutes switching which leg is forward halfway in between.
This is a lovely way to open the chest and release tension.
Props needed: bricks, blankets, bolster
If you have a bolster, place it so the short edge of the bolster points to the short edge of your yoga mat.
Trifold a blanket or use a small pillow for your head.
Have your bricks next to you as you sit with your back to the bolster.
Don’t have your back touching the bolster. Bend the legs and squeeze the legs together. Hands can be supported on the bolster or on the floor beside the bolster.
Roll down in a C shape placing your head and neck on the blanket or pillow.
Cross the right leg in front at the chins so knees are more in line with the hips.
Adjust with your hands moving the skin of the lower back and tops of buttocks apart and down.
Roll the upper arms from inside out so the shoulders go towards the bolster.
Spread the arms out until you feel a nice stretch in the chest and arms are totally relaxed on the ground.
Close the eyes and rest.
Become the quality of water - soft, fluid, expansive.
Switch the left leg forward half way through.
Support the outer thighs with bricks, blankets or pillows.
No tension should be in the groins.
To come out use hands to bring the knees together and feet to the ground.
Roll to your right side and curl up in a little ball knees to chest, chin to chest.
Stay for half minute.
Press hands into the ground to come up.
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Viparita Karani
Legs against the grain pose, aka legs up the wall, is everyone’s favorite pose!
It’s a subtle inversion that brings blood to the brain and induces a deep state of quiet. Do not practice if you are on your menses.
Props needed: bolster & blanket
If you don’t have a bolster or blanket, get creative with what you got at home!
Bring the short edge of your yoga mat to a wall.
Place the bolster long edge facing the wall about 1/2 a foot from the wall.
Spread the blanket to cover the mat.
Sit on the end of the bolster facing away from the wall with the legs bent, knees and ankles stacked like in Utkatasana (see pose #1).
Have both hands on the ground and bring one shoulder down towards the opposite hand.
Swing the legs up til they are vertical.
The bolster should be under the low back allowing the bottom of the buttocks to be off the back of the bolster slightly near the wall.
Roll the upper arms from inside out, and press the shoulders down.
Widen the collarbones, allow the arms to rest by your side, just not higher than the heart.
Allow yourself to become water.
Soft, fluid, expansive.
Stay 5-15 minutes depending on time.
Great pose to include before bed.
To come out bend the knees and bring the feet halfway down the wall.
Pause.
Slowly slide off the bolster til your bum rests on the floor. Cross the legs like in pose #3 for half a minute.
Roll to the right side, press hands into the ground to come up.
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Savasana
Corpse pose or total relaxation pose should never be skipped! It’s a most important pose you can rest in for 5-20 minutes.
Props: blanket or pillow for the head, booster for under the backs of thighs if you like.
Lie down in the center of your mat.
Extend the heels away, lengthening the buttocks to heels.
Roll upper arms from inside out.
Release spine towards the floor.
Soften abdomen.
Close the eyes and become water.
Soft, fluid, expansive.
When thoughts come in just notice them and come back to becoming water.
To come out bend knees, bring feet to the ground, bring arms to rest on chest.
Roll to the right side.
Press hands down to come up.
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Dina Georgoulis is owner of ZOE Yoga Lifestyle studio in Tampa, Florida. She is a CIYT. Dina began practicing yoga in 2001 to destress from managing retail stores. She has been practicing Iyengar Yoga since 2008 first with Karin Stephan, who studied with BKS Iyengar Yoga in the late 60’s, and is known for her work with the asymmetrical bodies and yoga therapeutics.
Learn more about Dina and her offerings here.
Learn more about her teacher, Karin Stephan here
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Attention: Mississippi Iyengar Yoga Teachers |
Our February newsletter will feature Iyengar yoga in Mississippi! Please send information and photos about classes, yoga and life in Mississippi.
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Upcoming Workshops and Events |
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Exploring Yogasana with Swati and Rajiv Chanchani- ONLINE (Audio recordings available) - Or join us in-person at the studio |
Saturdays at 9:00-10:30 am EST January 8 - February 26
Join us for an exploration of yogasana, pranayama, and yoga philosophy with Swati and Rajiv Chanchani. A husband and wife team, Swati and Rajiv are founder-directors of the Yog-Ganga Centre in Northern India. They began studying yoga in 1975 with Yogacharya B.K.S. Iyengar, Geeta Iyengar, and Prashant Iyengar. Over the last four decades, Swati and Rajiv have spent several months each year at the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute in Pune learning, practicing, appreciating, and assisting with the Iyengar family
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Advanced Pranayama with John Schumacher
15th of January, Saturday 4-5:30pm
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Advanced Pranayama is for those who have completed the year long Pranayama I-IV course or have had extensive training in practice of Iyengar Yoga Pranayama and who have practiced digital pranayama for at least two years.
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