Guru Pournima with Prashant Iyengar
B.K.S. Iyengar - Guruji - to whom we pay homage at Guru Pournima for offering us guidance towards the light. Guru Pournima is the occasion on which we pay homage to our teachers. It commemorates the goodness of…
Iyengar yoga in Canada – the early years…
A history of Iyengar yoga in Canada* - a timeline of the early years * This is a work in progress. We welcome additions and corrections! news@iyengaryogacanada.com. It started with a book. A…
Iyengar yoga in Canada – the early years… Maureen Carruthers
Maureen Carruthers, of Vancouver BC, was perhaps one of the earliest yoga practitioners in Canada to be introduced to Iyengar yoga. She has written a memoir of her first exposure to yoga and her experience of the early…
Birthday wishes to Prashant Iyengar
Prashant Iyengar was born 02 July 1949. Please join us in offering good wishes for his birthday.
International Day of Yoga with Niren Pandya – recording available
Did you miss the International Yoga Day event with Niren Pandya? Or, if you attended, would you like to access the event again? Good news, the recording is now available with an expiration of June 30. Please access…
International Day of Yoga – community practice with Prashant Iyengar
Prashant Iyengar led a community practice to mark International Day of Yoga, 21 June 2021. Students from around the world joined in this practice, streamed from the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute in Pune, India.…
International Day of Yoga – Canadian community practice
We came together... Nous avons pratiqué ensemble... ...20 June 2021 for the 7th annual International Day of Yoga, under the guidance of Niren Pandya, of Toronto ON. Nearly 200 practitioners of Iyengar yoga came together this morning…
Distinguished Member Award – Lauren Cox
The Distinguished Member Award is awarded annually to a member of the Iyengar Yoga Association of Canada/Association canadienne de Yoga Iyengar under the following criteria: a member of IYAC/ACYI who is 70 (minimum), who has made significant contributions to…
Honorary Member Award – Linda Shevloff
The Honorary Member Award is awarded annually to a member of the Iyengar Yoga Association of Canada/ Association canadienne de Yoga Iyengar under the following criteria: a founding member of IYAC/ACYI who is 70 (minimum), who has made significant…
History of Props – rods and poles
For me, prop is not only for the Asana. It should contribute to the position of the body which in turn can let the mind be calm and state of 'Chitta Vṛtti Nirodhaḥ' be experienced. Body is my first prop. …