Issue Fifty-three | November 2018
InterMountain Iyengar Yoga Association Newsletter
Your monthly news & updates
Event Calendar, Community, Community Business, Practice Sequence, What Else Is Happening
UPCOMING EVENTS

Send your event information to [email protected]

NOVEMBER

Dean Lerner
Iyengar Yoga Center of Denver
November 16, 17

Dean Lerner
Iyengar Yoga Center of FortCollins
November 19
DECEMBER

Backbends Workshop
With Angie
Yoga Shala Boulder
December 1

Pillow Talk: Yoga for Better Sleep
Sleep hygiene, positions, asana
Deborah Baker
Park Hills Yoga
Denver, CO
Bring your own pillow (BYOP)
December 2

2 Restorative Pose Yoga Workshops
Kathy Curran
4 Corners Yoga
Durango, CO
December 8

Free Community Event and Yoga Demo
The Yoga Shala Teachers
Yoga Shala Boulder
December 13

Centenary Celebration
Free silent practice
Iyengar Yoga Center of Denver
December 14

A Celebration of Life and Legacy of B.K.S. Iyengar
Free event
High Desert Yoga
Albuquerque, NM
December 14

DECEMBER CONT'D

Holiday Party and Birthday Acknowledgement to B.K.S. Iyengar
Living Yoga
Denver, CO
December 14

6 Day Intensive in honor of Guruji's Birthday
Octavia and Tam
Yoga Shala Boulder
December 15-20

Restoratives for the Holi-Daze!
(Honoring B.K.S. Iyengar)
w/ Leslie Bradley
Santosha Yoga Studio,
Wheatridge, CO
December 16

Winter Solstice
Angie Woyar
Iyengar Yoga Center of Denver
December 21

Winter Solstice Candlelight Restoratives
Octavia and Tam
Yoga Shala Boulder
December 21 




JANUARY

Mobility and Taping Workshop
Lisa Goodman and Angie Woyar
Iyengar Yoga Center of Denver
January 19

Continuing Education Workshop
Leslie Bradley and Craig Kurtz
Iyengar Yoga Center of Denver
January 20


COMMUNITY
FREE COMMUNITY EVENT AND YOGA DEMO

The Yoga Shala Teachers
Yoga Shala Boulder
December 13
5:00-7:00 p.m.
Light snacks will be served
A CELEBRATION OF LIFE AND LEGACY OF B.K.S. IYENGAR

Celebrate 100 years of BKS Iyengar Yoga and 100 days of Practice with the High Desert Yoga Community. Friends and family welcome for this free event. We will share some film clips of B.K.S. Iyengar, hear stories from those who studied with him, watch a video hello from Avery at the Centenary Intensive in Pune, India, and relax together. Come enjoy delicious vegetarian food made by HDY teachers. Our way of saying thank-you to you, our wonderful students!


High Desert Yoga
Albuquerque, NM
December 14
6:30-8:30 p.m.
HOLIDAY PARTY AND BIRTHDAY ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO B.K.S. IYENGAR
Living Yoga
Denver, CO
December 14
6:00-7:30 p.m.
CENTENARY CELEBRATION

Free silent practice followed by Prasad (food and cake)!
Iyengar Yoga Center of Denver
December 14
6:00-7:00 p.m.

Please sign-up at Iyengar Yoga Center of Denver's website: http://iyengaryogacenter.com
FOR ALL IMIYA MEMBERS!

Please note that there are teacher training scholarships available through our association. In addition, this year we have added one $600 scholarship to help a deserving applicant attend the IYNAUS convention in Dallas. For more information, please go to the IMIYA website, “members’ benefits,” where you can find the forms to apply, or contact the scholarship chair, Peggy Berg at [email protected] .
PHOTOSHOOT UPDATE

A big thank you to everyone who participated in the photoshoot! Keep an eye out for another opportunity next year!

IYNAUS ETHICS INQUIRY

Read the letters from the IYNAUS Board about ethics violations being investigated in the Iyengar community:
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE!

Have a creative eye? Enjoy bringing your ideas to life? IMIYA is looking for an editor and an assistant to take over the IMIYA newsletter and is looking for a minimum of three people to help create, order and distribute the 2019 t-shirts for IMIYA.

IMIYA is also seeking a volunteer to help with the traveling library.

Email Greta at [email protected] if you have an interest in any of the above positions. No experience necessary.
TRAVELING LIBRARY!!

Keep an eye out for the next greatest yoga resource. Periodically each Iyengar Yoga studio in our region will have the opportunity to host a traveling library containing texts on the sutras, the history of Iyengar Yoga and past conferences, as well as CDs, DVDs and videos! Details to come.
COMMUNITY BUSINESS
HOME PRACTICE SEQUENCES
IYENGAR YOGA INSTITUTE OF NEW YORK
Two good general sequences for home practice.


WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING
Register to Participate in the Centenary Celebrations of Gurji's Birth to Be Held in Pune, India in December.   
Click on the link below for more details.

https://vr2.verticalresponse.com/emails/18691697764038?contact_id=18691707090327&sk=akYMB2JgRjBL-6DVSAO4F5MY_g6I1M3baIbuCoiaMzRE=/aHR0cHM6Ly92cjIudmVydGljYWxyZXNwb25zZS5jb20vZW1haWxzLzE4NjkxNjk3NzY0MDM4P2NvbnRhY3RfaWQ9MTg2OTE3MDcwOTAzMjc=/5j70q7cAIzK3IlyWwOtCLA==

Centenary Memorabilia on sale now.
Click the link below for more details.



Iyengar Yoga USA National Convention.
Click the link below for more details and registration.

InterMountain Iyengar Yoga Association| [email protected] | www.imiya.org/ [email protected] | P.O. Box 266, Indian Hills, CO 80454-0266