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Alan Goode
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BIOGRAPHY:
Alan Goode is the Director of Yoga Mandir in Canberra. He is a senior teacher and a direct student of BKS Iyengar: one of the most influential teachers of Yoga in the last century.
Alan began Yoga in Sydney in 1975 and continues to travel regularly to India to study with the Iyengar family at their institute in Pune.
As an Iyengar Yoga Institute, Yoga Mandir aims to provide the teachings of BKS Iyengar through its programs offered to a national audience. These include:
- Practitioner programs for students at all levels
- 3 year teacher training programs for local and interstate students
- Ongoing teacher development for certified teachers
- Teacher mentorships
- Specialist programs for those with injuries and medical conditions
- Public talks on Yoga philosophy
- Online study material for remote area student and teachers
- Residential retreats
Alan is passionately involved with the practice of yoga and its application to daily life. Through his writing he unravels the themes of the yoga sutras and demonstrates their link to our daily practice. Alan has developed an extensive resource library and engages in ongoing research work to expand the public knowledge of Yoga.
Notes for People Attending Alan’s Sessions
Students should have a mat, 2 blocks and belt along with blankets for shoulderstand
List of Alan’s Sessions
Title:
Iyengar yoga: Asana class with a focus on ‘Experiential knowledge’
Type:
[A] On The Mat / Asana Class
Level:
Intermediate / Advanced
Length:
1.5 hour(s)
Description:
One of the key aspects of Iyengar’s teaching can be found in this quote.
‘I have no right to brand my method of practice and teaching as “Iyengar Yogaâ€. It is my pupils that call it Iyengar Yoga to distinguish it from the teachings of others. Though I am rational, I am a man of sentiment and tradition bound. I trust the statements of others, follow their lines of explanation and experiment with them to gain experience. If my experience tallies with their expressions, I accept their statements. Otherwise I discard them, live by my own experiments and experiences, and make my pupils feel the same as I felt in my experiments. If many agree, then I take it as a proven fact and impart it to others … … The only thing I am doing is to bring out the in-depth, hidden qualities of yoga to the awareness of you all. This has made you call my way of practice and teaching “Iyengar Yogaâ€. [1]
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