Yoga Articles and Archive

Namaste   Of all the different types of teachers, “to be a yoga teacher is the hardest of all, because yoga teachers have to be their own critics and correct their own practice”. B.K.S. Iyengar ‘The Tree of Yoga’   After many years of requests from people...

Contents: Podcast of the Month - Living Yoga, Practising Life with Maurice McCann Article of the Month - July 2016: A New Chapter in My Yogic Journey Reflections on the 2016 Bali Retreat Upcoming Events; Spring Morning Yoga Intensive (starting next week) Yoga Students...

Namaste Winter is here and I’m off to Bali for the annual retreat. All classes at the Yoga Room will continue as usual with some amazing locum teachers. The Yoga Room congratulates Dominik Mueller for successfully completing his teacher training and welcomes him to...

Namaste   This newsletter features the third article in the series of the life of BKS Iyengar, and a video showcasing Dr Geeta S Iyengar's surgeon-like accuracy in aligning the body, teaching trikonasana at the Iyengar Institute in Pune.   There are still...

Namaste   Wow… already more than halfway through February. As a reminder, the end of the month is the last day for the early-bird price for the Bali Retreat in June. Also, due to the early Easter, the Autumn Yoga Intensive starts March 7th this year. Register now...

Wishing you all the best the rest of 2016…   The feature article in this month’s newsletter describes briefly BKS Iyegnar’s early years.   Also check out the cool pic of my grandniece I couldn’t resist publishing along with a happiness quote from the Dalai...

Christmas is almost here…   In the busyness of this time of the year it is wonderful to see so many students embracing the challenge of the early morning yoga intensive. There are many ways of progressing the practice of yoga and in this month’s newsletter we...

“The Only Thing that is Constant is Change -” Heraclitus   Those of you who are coming to the Yoga Room regularly are aware of the many changes. Along with the personal changes associated with the ongoing practice there is the evolution of the space we are...

We have a challenge for you this month. Every day, stop for 5 minutes and contemplate the following quote ‘I am not a human having a spiritual experience, I am spirit having a human experience’. You can do it while you’re on a bus, or waiting for an appointment, or...