After 2 delightful retreats in Provence, our next retreat in Faro, Portugal is going be another not-to-be-missed one! Lagos is a town in southern Portugal's Algarve region. It’s known for its walled old town, cliffs and Atlantic beaches. Steep wooden steps lead to the sandy cove of Praia do Camilo. The nearby cliffs of Ponta…
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How to safely improve Forward Bends?
How to safely improve Forward Bends? With sitting for long hours for work, most of us have tight hamstrings and hip flexors and forward slumped shoulders which make forward bends inaccessible. For the right alignment in forward bends, you need to be able to bend forward from the hip joint, tilt the pelvis forward, and…
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Chairs and their Effective Use as a Prop – Workshop with Juliana Fair
Chairs and their Effective Use as a Prop - Workshop with Juliana Fair The chair has endless and valuable uses in an Iyengar Yoga practice. For the beginner, someone with or recovering from injury, a person with other limitations or general fatigue, knowing how to use the chair enables one to start or to continue…
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IYNAUS National Convention 2019 at Dallas
IYNAUS National Convention 2019 at Dallas Since Thursday last week, I have been attending the IYNAUS convention in Dallas. Abhijata Iyengar, who is Guruji's granddaughter is teaching. Abhi, as she is fondly called, is a Senior Teacher at the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute (RIMYI), – the cradle of Iyengar yoga – located in Pune,…
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