Posts by Jennie Williford CIYT
A New Way Into a New Year
Written By Rachel Frazee Some of my goals for the New Year probably sound pretty familiar to you : drink more water, eat more vegetables and fruit everyday, reduce the…
Read MoreI Believe I Can Fly!
“Aerodynamically, the bumblebee shouldn’t be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn’t know it so it goes on flying anyway.” Mary Kay Ash Arm balances are one of those categories…
Read MoreThe Struggle is Real – AND Worth It
I love to introduce people to Iyengar Yoga. No matter if you are a raw beginner who has never taken class or someone who does yoga and just has never…
Read MoreThe Gift of Yoga
Today would have been BKS Iyengar’s 101st birthday, tomorrow is our annual celebration at The Yoga Place, and it is that time of the year where gifts are exchanged with…
Read MoreGeeta Iyengar
As The Yoga Place prepares for its annual celebration, it is always a reminder that we can also reflect on and celebrate the lineage of Iyengar Yoga that has been…
Read MoreBlessings of Time and Teaching
Many of you know now that I have missed another week of teaching class due to my father’s declining health and passing. Within this process and within the absence of…
Read MoreGiving Thanks
I know I am a little late with this post according to the calendar, but maybe it is a good reminder that “Thanksgiving” is something for every day and not…
Read MoreUpside-down, Yoga Turns Me
Yes, please know that this is the song I have in my head right now…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIAtE6ywgwA… Yoga does turn us upside-down and inside out and also round and round…and so it…
Read MoreBharadvajasana
Obviously I am a bit behind on the blogs for Sanskrit…leaving off at Bharadvajasana. This week, as our lesson of Sanskrit on the bulletin board has come to a close,…
Read MoreTrauma, Recovery, Yoga
I first met Sara Anderson, author of STROKE: overcoming my worst nightmare, when I moved to LaCrosse in April. Being a student of Chris Saudek’s and interested in her therapeutic…
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