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Marla Apt
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BIOGRAPHY:
Marla, a Senior Certified Iyengar Yoga teacher has been studying with BKS Iyengar and the Iyengar family for over 25 years.
She is pursuing her commitment to making the healing benefits of yoga available to communities in need as a founding board member of the non-profit organization, Iyengar Yoga Therapeutics. She helped create yoga interventions for research studies in yoga as a treatment for depression, anxiety and IBS.
Marla was highlighted by Yoga Journal Magazine as one of twenty-one young yoga teachers helping to “shape the future of yoga” and has written for several international yoga magazines. She served the US yoga community as President of the Iyengar Yoga National Association of the United States as well a member the national Certification Committee, chair of the Ethical Guidelines Committee and current member of the Continuing Education for teachers committee.
Marla teaches in-person and online. classes, workshops and retreats. Find her schedule, recordings, and articles at yoganga.com
List of Marla’s Iyengar Sessions
Title:
Channel the flow of energy through yoga
Type:
Sat Visnu Middling
Length:
1.5 hour(s)
Description:
In Vedic texts, metaphors such as currents, winds, and bodies of water are used to describe the flow and circulation of energy/prana. In asana and pranayama practice, we can intentionally direct, manage and shape our energy. In this class we will explore the actions that channel our somatic experience of prana.
Notes:
Please have yoga props available (at least 3 blankets, a mat, a block, a belt and a chair)
