Yoga St. Louis... where learning the art of Iyengar yoga comes first
We've been teaching the Iyengar method of yoga exclusively since 1984 because we’ve found that it yields the best results. Our focus is on learning the art of yoga; class is not taught by merely leading a “workout” or a predetermined sequence of poses. We vary how we teach according to how you learn.
• We get to know you by spending time with you discussing your needs before the first class.
• You will receive individual as well as general instruction in class.
• Our course of instruction is sequentially structured so that you learn one step at a time.
• We take time to teach you the proper fundamentals from the very beginning.
• You’ll work smarter, not just harder.
Our Yoga St. Louis-trained instructors have the depth of experience to make an immediate difference in your practice.
• Our instructors work together as a team for your benefit.
• Larger classes have assistant teachers to help you with more individual assistance.
Since Drop-In Classes don’t promote step-by-step learning, new students who would like to drop-in to try a class are urged to wait to drop-in until the first class of the next session so that all new students may begin together.
|
The Iyengar Method of Yoga
Yoga classes are taught using the methods and techniques developed by B.K.S. Iyengar of Pune, India, who has been practicing since 1934 and has authored Light On Yoga, the classic text on Hatha Yoga.
The Iyengar method emphasizes precise alignment, the use of props, and intelligent action to develop an inner awareness of balance, strength, and flexibility within the yoga postures. Regular yoga practice relieves stiffness, increases endurance, reduces stress, and tones the entire body.
The Iyengar method, based on Patanjali’s 2200 year old Yoga Sutras, is more than just physical: Through the refinement of practice, sequencing, and timing, the wisdom within is uncovered and the mind becomes steady, calm, and an agent of goodwill. Thus the practice of yoga cultivates faith, courage, confidence, concentration, discernment, and contentment.
The Iyengar method includes Patanjali’s astanga (eight limbed) yoga: yama (restraint), niyama (observance), asana (posture), pranayama (regulation of breath), pratyahara (withdrawal of senses), dharana (concentration), dhyana (meditation), and samadhi (liberation).
1 BKS Iyengar, Iyengar: His Life & Work, Spokane: Timeless Books, 1987, p. 533
|