Winter Classes
1 Feb - 22 Mar
Note: I will be studying with the Iyengar family in Pune, India. For the month of January, my colleague Louie Ettling is teaching a Wednesday 10am class and will substitute the Saturday 10am class. Register below for these classes. I will begin teaching all Winter classes in February. All times Pacific.
Learning
Monday
9-10.45
Intermediate +
Hosted by Brian
Sign Up - Begins 2/3
Tuesday
7-8am
Led Practice
Hosted by Brian
Sign Up - Begins 2/4
10-11.30am
Intermediate
Mt Pleasant In-Person
Sign Up - Begins 2/4
6.30-7.30pm
Fundamentals
Wesbrook In-Person
Sign Up - Begins 2/4
Wednesday
8-9.30am
Intermediate
Hosted by Brian
Sign Up - Begins 2/5
10-11.30am
Intermediate
Hosted by Louie
Sign Up - 1/8, 15, 22, 29
10-11.30am
Intermediate
Wesbrook In-Person
Sign Up - Begins 2/5
Thursday
7-8am
Led Practice
Hosted by Brian
Sign Up
10-11.30am
Intermediate
Mt Pleasant In-Person
Sign Up
1:30-3:30pm
Int/Adv
Mt Pleasant In-Person
Sign Up - Begins 2/6
5.20-6.35pm
Intermediate
Wesbrook In-Person
Sign Up - Begins 2/6
Friday
Saturday
10-11.30am
Intermediate +
Hosted by Louie
Sign Up - 1/4, 11, 18, 25
Sunday
Monthly
Yoga Sutras
Feb 8., Mar 8
Continuing Studies
Feb 23, Mar 23
Individual Instruction
Need help with a specific need, a particular limitation, a challenge, or goal; to learn adaptive approaches, specific actions, and use of props to help bring relief from common ailments or injury; to energize or evolve your home practice. Contact me.
Winter Series
Continuing Studies
Feb 23, Mar 23
Online Sundays
10am-12:30pm (Pacific)
Learn, study, explore, and expand your inner practice horizons with confidence. Share your experience among friends in yoga. This monthly class is a launch and sustaining platform for continuous practice and study of the eight “petals” of astanga yoga in the Iyengar tradition. Sessions include asana themes, threads, and approaches to more complex asana; preparatory and primary pranayama; and yoga philosophy discussion with practical application to your life and practice.
Optional preparation - Themed, optional reading and study assignments will be provided upon registration to support your own theory and practice exploration prior to each session.
Recommendations: a curiosity to learn and three years of study with a Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher (CIYT).
These informal gatherings to explore the Yoga Sutras will look to the gems of practical wisdom in B.K.S. Iyengar's translation and commentary, Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. Other publications by the Iyengars and translations are sometimes woven in. Each gathering will offer a mix of lecture, inquiry, basic pronunciation, chanting, perplexity, and clarity.
For February, we will chant and look to the logical grouping of sutras from the 2nd pada, Sadhana Pada. If you wish to prepare, read the relevant sections from the Introduction to Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.
Or, just come and enjoy the community of others. Learn and simply “be" without worrying about being prepared or having done anything at all special besides living your life and showing up.
Community donation optional — Register for free to receive the meeting link. Email me for donation options.
Yoga Sutra Study Group
Feb 8, Mar 8
Online Saturdays
8-9am (Pacific)
Community donation optional — 100% of donations go to a fund to support financially challenged students continue learning of Iyengar Yoga.
Led Practice Immersion
Feb 10-14
Monday-Friday
7-8am
TThis 5-day Led Practice Immersion will offer inter-family explorations of asana. Each day will spotlight connections amongst a different grouping of asana families. A short reading will be given to provide texture and a means to explore B.K.S. Iyengar’s statement that, “from the yogi’s standpoint, practice and philosophy are inseparable.” Recommended students have 2 years of regular study with a CIYT.
“Practice is the effort to still the fluctuations in the consciousness and then to move towards silencing it: to attain a constant, steady, tranquil state of mind.” - B.K.S. Iyengar, Yoga Sutra 1.13 commentary
What is Led Practice? A class where students are led through a sequences of asana with emphasis on developing a range of approaches to self-practice.
Where will I find the readings? Light on Life and The Tree of Yoga
Pranayama I Series
Mar 3-31
Online Mondays
6-7pm (Pacific)
A 5-class series to explore breath observation in asana, coordination of breath and body in asana, asana conducive for pranayama, the layers of Savasana, the not-so-subtle and subtle aspects of supine Ujjayi and Viloma, Jalandhara Bandha, and steadiness and suppleness in seated positions.
Recommended that students have minimum one year of study with a Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher (CIYT), and stability in Salamba Sirsasana and Salamba Sarvangasana.
“Our sadhana consists of a process of dynamic and progressive efforts, through the various aspects of asthanga yoga, until we reach samadhi, the effortless state which is the mark of a stable intelligence (sthitaprajna)."
- Geeta S. Iyengar
Intensives
Annual Iyengar Yoga Intensive
TBD
Learn in community with yoga friends. We begin Thursday afternoon and finish Sunday morning. Full days include asana, pranayama, yoga sutras, discussion, and ample time for questions, sharing and discussion.
Thursday (Pacific Time)
4-6pm Philosophy / Asana / Pranayama
Friday - Saturday
7-7:30am Led Pranayama
9-11:30am Asana
4-6pm Philosophy / Asana / Pranayama
Sunday
7-7:30am Led Pranayama
9-11:30am Asana
Minimum THREE years of CONSISTENT experience in the Iyengar method recommended.
Workshops
SAVE THE DATE
Iyengar Yoga Association Upper Midwest
In-Person
Minneapolis-Saint Paul, MN
Oct TBD
A Pause. A day to gather as students of the subject of yoga. To learn, share, reflect, and exchange experiences along this path shown to us by B.K.S. Iyengar and family. Register now to pause later. Partial attendance is available. Email me for details.
Schedule (Pacific)
9-11:30am - Asana
3pm - Special Topic (Optional)
3:30-5:30pm - Philosophy / Asana and Pranayama
Winter Solstice One-Day
Online
Dec 21 Saturday
CLASSES, INTERMEDIATE TOPICS, WORKSHOP
In-Person Classes, Intermediate Topics and Workshop
Hosted by Yoga Tree’s Daikanyama studio, Tokyo, Japan
Save the dates
Yoga Tree
In-Person
Tokyo, Japan
22-26 January
CONSOLIDATION & MATURITY
-explorations in establishing and maintaining a coordinated asana
Friday
Practice, Theory, Teaching - a session for CIYTs and aspiring CIYTs
2-4:30pm Practice and Teaching Topics
5-6pm Asana/Pranayama and Teaching Topics
Saturday
9-11:30am Asana
2-3pm Special Topic
3:30-5:30pm Asana/Pranayama
Sunday
9-11:30am Asana
Iyengar Yoga Association Southwest
In-Person
Scottsdale, AZ
Feb 28 - Mar 2
Iyengar Yoga South Bay
In-Person
Campbell, CA
May 1-4
SAVE THE DATE