What is Iyengar yoga?
Iyengar yoga is the instruction of the yoga techniques established by yoga master B.K.S. Iyengar. His intense practice and over 75 years of teaching has produced significant innovations in the art of teaching yoga.
For more information on Iyengar yoga, please visit:
Iyengar Yoga National Association
of the United States (IYNAUS)
Iyengar Yoga Assoication
of the Southeast U.S. (IYASE)
B.K.S Iyengar's path
to yoga encompasses:
• A complete approach to physical, mental, emotional and spiritual transformation, helping to provide the practitioner with physical health and vitality, mental clarity and wisdom, and emotional serenity and poise.
• Emphasis on standing poses in the beginning to develop strength, stamina, concentration and body alignment.
• A safe, orderly, systematic progression of poses to develop the student's ability both within a class and from class to class.
• Use of props, such as blankets, blocks and straps, to facilitate learning and to address each individual's particular needs.
• Highly developed teaching method, including the precise use of language and demonstration and individual correction and adjustment of students.
• Ways to use yoga to ease various ailments and stresses.
What does it mean to be
an Iyengar instructor?
In order to insure the highest level of instruction, the long path to Iyengar yoga certification begins with many years of a self disciplined practice in conjuction with a significant amount of practical teaching experience. Once a candidate believes they are ready, they may apply to take the assessment examination. Prospecitve teachers must show a mastery of the asanas (postures) at their level. In addition, a written exam is administered on the philosophy, anatomy, and practical knowledge of teaching.
Finally and most heavily evaluated, the prospective teacher is observed and scrutinized while teaching a sample class. A year or two later the prospective candidate undergoes the entire evaluation process again, with a different set of asanas. Only then, upon successful evaluation is the full certification granted at the introductory level. Every level, one through six, requires the same evaluation process, from introductory to intermediate senior. Higher levels are evaluated by B.K.S. Iyengar.
Becky Lloyd is a Junior Intermediate II certified teacher.
Casey Love is certified at the Introductory level.
Tracy Rene is preparing for the 1st level of Iyengar assessment.
Mary Ann passed the first of the two assessments leading toward certification in Sept. 2010
