Posts by Jennie Williford CIYT
Devise and Customize
Starting the second weekend with Prashant Iyengar, he continued to try to clarify this idea of “starter positions” from last week. There is more than just knowing what physical condition…
Read MoreHeavenly Trees and Celestial Dogs
Day two with Prashant Iyengar brought us to understanding the journey “from dogma to pragmatism”, from just points and actions to study and exploration. Yesterday he urged us to look…
Read More3 Sides of a Coin
We are entering into another month of weekends with Prashant Iyengar, the son of BKS Iyengar and the consummate “philosopher” within our method. And, though I thought I would try…
Read MoreEnergy : The Storehouse and the Flow
We had our last class of the Fall Sangha with Abhijata Iyengar this morning and it was a great culmination of the sessions. As I mentioned before, the last time…
Read MoreBody and Mind are One
The last two days with Abhijata were chock full of goodness, with the running theme of the relationship of the body and the mind and building our holistic intelligence of…
Read MoreNo Substitute to Sweat
Day two with Abhi continued our study of the gunas (energetic properties of Nature) within the “architecture” of asanas – and a lot of great standing asanas at that. She…
Read MoreYoga Party!
Today was the first morning of our Autumn Sangha with Abhijata Iyengar. I hope that some of you have decided to join the “party” as she decided to call it…
Read MoreWhy Yoga? And let us Begin…
In our Yoga Sutra discussion group last Sunday we discussed the sutras in the second chapter that lead up to the 8 limbs of yoga. It was a great recap…
Read MoreNext Yoga Sutra Discussion – Sept 27th
During the last meeting of the Yoga Sutra discussion group we navigated the reason for the relationship between purusa (the seer, pure consciousness) and Prakrti (the seen, Nature). This relationship…
Read MoreRestorative Yoga – Thursday Nights at 7:30pm
Blog Written by Hallie Evans, teacher at The Yoga Place “Relaxation means release of unnecessary muscular tension in your body, which also allows firmness of the inner body and serenity…
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