Iyengar yoga workshops, with senior Iyengar teachers who have studied directly with BKS Iyengar and the Iyengar family are not only a way of deepening your yoga practice and understanding - they are life affirming. A combination of study, hard work and fun!
These senior Iyengar yoga teachers are able to combine their own yoga practice and life experience with their respect for and understanding of the Iyengar yoga approach to deliver a wealth of teaching that really is inspiring.
Zubin Zarthoshtimanesh inspiring us to work with our yoga ropes
The Iyengar Yoga Institute South London is an ideal space for Iyengar Yoga workshops - it is modelled on the Iyengar yoga mother institute in Pune and equipped with a wide range of yoga props. Workshops are a chance to use the props as BKS Iyengar intended to develop our understanding and intensify our yoga practice.
Our workshops are normally advertised on our website a few months before they run. Here is a list of workshops confirmed so far this year. If you are interested in booking early for a specific workshop this may be possible. Just email your request to info@iyisl.com.
Jan 17,18,19 The very popular Zubin Zarthoshtimanesh is teaching a weekend workshop for us in January (now full). His workshops are always inspiring. We are hoping Zubin will be able to visit us again later this year.
Jan25 Feb22 Mar21 Sophie Carrington, a dedicated senior Iyengar yoga teacher with a very clear teaching approach is running a series of three monthly half day Saturday afternoon workshops. This will give experienced students and teachers a chance to explore intermediate level Iyengar yoga practice more deeply.
Easter Sunday and Monday 12,13 Apr June Whittaker is a senior teacher whose original training was in classical ballet and she brings the elegance and physical discipline to her teaching. She will be joining us from her base in Nice to teach a workshop for general level students.
Friday May 15 Alaric Newcombe is an insightful senior teacher who teaches mixing sharp observation with lots of humour. Based in North London, he will be heading south of the river (!) to teach a half day Friday afternoon ropes workshop aimed at general to intermediate level Iyengar yoga students.
Devki Desai inspiring a better Trikonasana
Eyal Shifroni making inventive use of yoga props
July 17,18,19 Eyal Shifroni is a senior teacher from Israel who is well known for his books that clearly explain the hugely varied use of yoga props developed by the Iyengar family. ‘A Chair for Yoga’ is the first of the series. Eyal is returning to IYISL to show us how to make creative use of our yoga props.
Sep 6 Mary Obendorfer & Eddy Marks, senior teachers from San Francisco, will be coming back to London to teach a one day workshop. Their workshops have been very popular and their shared teaching style mixes a deep level of study of Iyengar yoga with an approach to teaching that is both practical and caring.
Oct 11 Lynda Purvis is a senior teacher who first visited us to teach a development day for Iyengar yoga teachers. Lynda is returning to teach a workshop that will explore the use of yoga to help women in the hormonal changes of menstruation, pregnancy and menopause - based on the pioneering work of Geeta Iyengar.