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Aileen Epstein Ignadiou
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BIOGRAPHY:
As a certified Iyengar Yoga teacher since 1983, Aileen has studied with the Iyengar family in India, and senior Iyengar teachers around the world, to whom she is grateful. Having lived and taught classes and workshops around the world, Aileen made Las Vegas her home since 1992, opening the only Iyengar Yoga Center in Nevada with the permission and blessings of Guruji.
Mother of three children, while she was pregnant Aileen studied with the Iyengars in India, using this knowledge and training to develop the prenatal/postnatal program for the prestigious B.K.S. Iyengar Yoga Institute in Los Angeles. Due to suffering from upper respiratory health issues as a teen, Aileen became interested in the therapeutic benefits of yoga from the time of her first class at the age of 18 with Michael Gefen, a student of Swami Venkateshananda, while studying at Tel Aviv University in Israel.
Aileen discovered and fell in love with Iyengar Yoga in 1976 in London, England where she received her first certification. It was here that she was introduced by her teachers, Joy Hicks and Dorothy Robinson, to Kofi Busia, who became a major influence on her practice and teaching and whom she introduced to the students of Las Vegas. While living in Los Angeles, she often traveled to San Diego to study with Mary Dunn who was also a great influence and mentor.
As Aileen’s passion is helping those with health issues and injuries, she feels blessed to have assisted in the Medical classes at the RIMYI, and for the opportunity to be a Yoga Therapist, certificated through the International Association of Yoga Therapists. Now, once again living in Israel, Aileen mostly teaches her students from Las Vegas and other parts of the US and Israel on line; and small groups and individuals in her new home in the North of Israel.
List of Aileen’s Open Weekend Sessions
Title:
Type:
[A] On The Mat / Asana Class
Level:
All Levels
Length:
1.5 hour(s)
Description:
From my experience, I can say that pregnancy is a very special time in a woman's life. It has the potential to be exciting and full of wonderful surprises for the expectant mother and those she is closely involved with, during her pregnancy and after giving birth.
I am grateful to have given birth naturally to three healthy babies and to have been practicing yoga before, during and after the births. Through my own personal experience and witnessing the benefits gained by my prenatal/postnatal students, I am delighted to be able to share this knowledge that I received from my teachers.
I feel blessed to have studied in Pune with Guruju, Geetaji & Prashantji during my last pregnancy and particularly for Geetaji's kind and loving, though strict, attention. It has been an honor to have been a major player in the birth and life of the B.K.S. Iyengar Yoga Institute of Los Angeles in its early years, and to have created and taught the prenatal/postnatal program that lasted beyond my years there.
In this session, we will explore basic poses and their benefits throughout the expecting mother's pregnancy, and when and how to restart one's practice after giving birth.
Participants should be healthy, and in their 12th week or later, unless they have had a continuous and regular practice since before they became pregnant.
Notes:
Pregnant participants should be healthy, and in their 12th week or later, unless they have had a continuous and regular practice since before they became pregnant.
Necessary props: Non-slip yoga mat, 4 or more firm blankets, 2 or more yoga blocks, 2 yoga straps, 2 yoga chairs or 2 folding chairs with the back removed from at least one of them, yoga bolsters (optional).
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