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Current Yoga Classes
Winter Session 2010
January 4 - February 27, 2010
About
The Yoga Place has offered Iyengar yoga in La Crosse since 1988. Yoga is an ancient Indian system for developing perfect health and is a wonderful exercise for the mind and body. The practice of the yoga poses (asanas) helps maintain or restore physical, physiological, spiritual, and mental well-being.
Iyengar yoga is named after its founder, B.K.S. Iyengar who was born in 1918 in Pune, India. He continues with an active practice of yoga to this day and his daughter and son are carrying on his teachings in Pune, India. Mr. Iyengar is the author of several books including Light on Yoga, Light on Pranayama, Light on the Yoga Sutras, and Light on Life. Iyengar yoga is a vigorous form of hatha yoga that teaches correct alignment of the spine and limbs in all the poses. Many common ailments including back and neck pain, poor digestion, tension, fatigue, menstrual problems, and arthritis, to name a few, are prevented or relieved by the regular practice of yoga.
Iyengar yoga makes use of props such as belts, blankets, blocks and other wooden objects, bolsters, and chairs to help students achieve precise postures safely and completely according to their particular body type and needs.
At The Yoga Place, within a class structure, participants are given individual assistance according to their needs. We emphasize the importance of a balance between flexibility and strength, endurance and relaxation. The teachers are well-trained, knowledgeable, and highly experienced. Two of the teachers have traveled to Pune, India on several occasions to study with the Iyengars. All the teachers at The Yoga Place continue their personal study of yoga with the Iyengars and/or with other senior teachers and colleagues throughout the United States.
