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I started practising Iyengar Yoga as a teenager in the 1970s and in fact my first Iyengar teacher was Kofi Busia! I then met BKS Iyengar in a Master Class in Oxford sometime later, an event that completely transformed my whole being and life thereafter and I vowed to dedicate my life to this man's teachings.
Shortly after, I started to train as a teacher under the watchful eye of Jeanne Maslen, another extraordinary teacher, from Manchester. How lucky have I been!?
I started teaching in Birmingha … … … read more … … …
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Iyengar Yoga presented itself to Cathy when as a struggling young mother when she read a newspaper article in the Times newspaper which had been left on a Brighton train in 1975. 48 years later she is teaching at YogaSouth Lanc … … … read more … … …
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John Schumacher has practiced yoga for over five decades. In 1979, he founded Unity Woods Yoga Center, the Washington areas first fulltime yoga studio. For 33 years, he studied in India regularly with B.K.S. Iyengar, who personally certified him as an Advanced Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher (CIYT). Johns clear, precise style and his engaging sense of humor have made him one of Americas leading yoga teachers. In 2015, Yoga Journal awarded him its prestigious “Good Karma” Award for “spending 40-plus years sharing [his] … … … read more … … …
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Maria Shatlanova had worked as a professional stage actress for 10 years … but then started searching for something that would help her overcome the rigours of that former life and heal. And that was when she discovered the yoga style and tradition of BKS Iyengar.
Maria felt, in her very first class, yoga's transformative power. She had soon decided to devote her life first to its practice; and then to its teaching. She has thus been practicing in the BKS Iyengar tradition since 2000, and completed her fir … … … 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 |