Volume 16 | October 2020
President's Message
Dear fellow yogis of the Southeast region!

I hope you are all fine, safe and healthy. A warm welcome to our new members, we’re so excited that you are part of this growing community! We are now 538 members in the Southeast region. One of the key benefits that we provide to our members is scholarships to attend workshops and other programs, we are happy to announce that we granted 15 scholarships for the Autumn Sangha with Abhijata. Congratulations to all the recipients and special thanks to the Scholarship Committee for doing a great job managing this benefit.

In other news, I want to share with you that we had our 2nd Board of Directors meeting of the year and we decided to form 3 subcommittees in order to continue serving you better, these are: Bylaws, Marketing and DEIJ Subcommittee.

Remember that we are seeking for volunteers to join our Board, we are looking to fill a Treasurer vacancy and someone who can support our Communication efforts. The deadline to apply for the positions has been extended to October 31st. To learn more about the positions please visit this link. To apply, please click here to email me.

Much love and Namaste,

Mariana Scotti
2020 IYASE President
Call For Art and Photos
The Publications Committee is on a search for art and photos for use in IYNAUS publications. Have you taken photographs or created artwork that you would be willing to share with us? Wouldn’t you love to see your contribution published in an IYNAUS communication?  We are looking for original photographs taken by our members of RIMYI and/or the Iyengars, as well as original yoga-related artwork. These would be for use in our upcoming inaugural issue of The Light, as well as future publications of Samachar, The Light, and Email blasts.

Our goal is to put together a digital photo bank of pictures that we can access for publications. For eligibility to be used in the upcoming issue of the Light, please send your high-resolution photograph to Lisa Henrich lisa.henrich@icloud.com by 10/15. However, we will gratefully accept your contributions on an ongoing basis, as there are many publications yet to come!

Thank You and Namaskar,

Lisa Heinrich
FREE IYASE Member Benefit Workshops
Balance, Stability, Discernment: Align Your Practice with this Series of FREE IYASE Member Benefit Workshops Saturdays in October

Susan Marcus - Iyengar Yoga Sarasota
Saturday, October 17, 2020
2 - 4 PM (EDT)


Suzie Muchnick - Postures (Naples, FL)
Saturday, October 24, 2020
9 - 11:30 AM (EDT)


Tricia Amheiser - Iyengar Yoga St. Petersburg
Saturday, Oct 31, 2020
2 - 4 PM (EDT)
Community News
Want to expand the reach and awareness of Iyengar Yoga? Consider joining either of these associations/ organizations. Denise Rowe has been a member for about a year and recommends them as great resources.

  • Give Back Yoga Foundation which has a self paced learning module for those who want to work in communities traditionally under served and underrepresented. It really helps you think through why you’re doing it and how to do it.

  • The Yoga Service Council. This organization is s great opportunity to consider for teachers /IYNAUS as another place to post or access grants, etc. they also have a lot of learning content if you are a member.

Kindest Regards,

Denise Rowe
Chair, IYNAUS Outreach Committee
CIYT-Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher
C-IAYT Certified Yoga Therapist
Yoga Teacher Wanted
Inner Life Yoga studio in Morgantown, West Virginia is looking for a young certified Iyengar yoga teacher to move to our university town to teach and promote the teachings of BKS Iyengar in the state of West Virgina at our full equipped and beautiful studio of 25 years. We have 1600 ft with 2 rooms (1000 sg ft & 600 sq ft) with 15 upper and lower wall ropes in both rooms plus open back chairs, blocks, straps, blankets, bolsters, pillows, 2 trestles, setu bandha and halasana boxes. We are set up for blended classes (onsite with social distancing and zoom classes).

If you are interested, please Click HERE to email Kimberly Williams for details for more information.
Upcoming Events
Advanced Pranayama ONLINE with John Schumacher
Saturday, October 3, 2020   4:00 PM 5:30 PM

Weekend Workshop ONLINE with Randy Just
Friday 10/16 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Saturday 10/17 9-11:30 a.m.
Saturday 10/18 3-5 p.m.
Sunday 10/199-11:30 a.m.
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