For 2021, Guru Pournima arrived 23 July 2021. Via YouTube from the Ramamani Iyengar Yoga Memorial Institute in Pune, India, students around the world were able to join in this community homage to our teachers, in particular, our Guruji,…
Prashant Iyengar recently presented an 8-day online program entitled 'Revisiting the Basics in Iyengar Yoga'. Carole Carpentier, of Toronto ON, had the privilege of participating in these classes. Below is an excerpt from her blog posts published at Yoga…
In 2007, Drew Perry, of Winnipeg MB, was studying at the Iyengar institute in Pune. As students came and went, Mr. Iyengar would often be seen in the courtyard in front of his house. Coming out into the…
“I KNOW THE PATH It is straight and narrow. It is like the edge of a sword.I rejoice to walk on it. I weep when I slip.God’s word is: He who strives never perishes.I have implicit faith in that promise.Though,…
Jane Munro, of Vancouver BC, was in Pune in December 2014 taking classes with Geeta Iyengar. Jane tells us... During these classes, Geeta often invoked her father's words. Many times, when she wanted to demonstrate a specific point, she called…
Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher Eva-Lynn Jagoe of Toronto ON shares with us her thoughts on the interplay of teaching in two very different environments. Her essay originally appeared in the University of Toronto online publication University Affairs, which you can…
A story of how Iyengar yoga has helped a student with severe back issues become mobile again... In October 2018, I suffered from disc (L5-S1) prolapse and was bedridden for six months. I then got a chance to visit RIMYI…
My learning has been like a small vessel capturing a few drops of the rain of Guruji's teaching. - Birjoo Mehta, paraphrased During the Association's recent virtual AGM, Barbara Young, of Ottawa ON, reminded us of Birjoo Mehta's words at…
Intelligence, when awakened says: What a fool I’ve been! - Shirley Daventry-French, of Victoria BC, reminds us of these words from B.K.S. Iyengar in Pune in December 2003. Below, she reflects on the importance of intelligence…
Liza Skaria of Calgary AB shares more thoughts on the online intensive with Abhijata Iyengar, this time on the fourth day of the sessions... 18 JUNE 2020 ; 6aM- 8aM Clearly I was in love with last night’s practice,…