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Greta attended her first yoga classes during her time as an undergraduate at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. When she met her first Iyengar Yoga teacher, Kofi Busia, in her early 20s, she knew she had stumbled upon something truly special. Originally from Santa Cruz, California, she lived in San Francisco for a decade during which time she was able to deepen and consolidate her yoga studies. Over the past 20 or so years she has been fortunate enough to have studied with several of the most senior Iyengar Yoga teachers and has atten … … … read more … … …
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Pixie Lillas started Yoga in Florence, Italy with Dona Holleman in 1976, and she made her first trip to study with BKS Iyengar at his Institute in Pune, India in 1977. Pixie found doing classes with Guruji over 2 months that year to be a completely transformative experience, and she has dedicated herself to the practice and teaching of Iyengar Yoga since then. Pixie has travelled almost yearly to study with the Iyengar family since that first visit.
In 1980 Pixie moved from Florence to Sydney, Australia and set up Balmain Yoga St … … … read more … … …
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A Senior Australian Iyengar teacher, Simon’s long-term experience of 35 years of practicing and teaching this art has enabled him to train many yoga teachers to a high standard, and has offered yoga students a new leaf on life. The birthplace of Iyengar Yoga in India has become Simon’s second home, and his close devotion to, and the contact he had with, BKS Iyengar offers his students a rich balanced approach, also offering them a firsthand experience.
Simon is the Founding Director of two schools: SKYS St.Kilda Iye … … … read more … … …
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Jaki Nett began her study of yoga in 1975. Her journey led her to study with Indra Devi and get certified by her 1977. In 1978 she received certification in Kripalu Yoga. In 1982 she started studying Iyengar Yoga at the Iyengar Yoga Institute San Francisco in 1982 and earned her Senior Level Iyengar certification in 2005.
Jaki has also earned three degrees in academia; Associate Arts degree in Theater Arts, Bachelor of Arts degree in Interior Design and Art and a Masters of Arts in Humanistic Psychology. Jaki does co … … … read more … … …
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Marla Apt | Olop Arpipi | Victoria Austin | Gitte Bechsgaard | Ros Bell | Nora Burnett | Cristina Costa | Anna Delury | Mary Devore | George Dovas | Aileen Epstein Ignadiou | Ruth Fisk | Gloria Goldberg | Sheila Haswell | Justin Herold | Holly Hoffmann | Greta Kent-Stoll | Pixie Lillas | Simon Marrocco | Jaki Nett | Jayne Orton | Cathy Rogers Evans | John Schumacher | Maria Shatlanova | Patricia Walden | Lisa Walford | Joan White | Anat Zahor |