Iyengar & Align Yoga Classes
Elevate your practice with Down Under's Iyengar & Align collection, led by world-renowned teacher and direct student of B.K.S Iyengar, Patricia Walden, and her dedicated long-time student Nadja Refaie. Rooted in precision, alignment, and mindful movement, these classes offer a deeply transformative experience. Explore the art of Iyengar yoga from the comfort of your home, guided by our expert faculty to cultivate strength, balance, and inner clarity.
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Iyengar: Roadmap to Salamba Sarvangasana • Rosie Richardson • 40 min
Rooted in the precision and intelligence of the Iyengar method, this class is designed to help you navigate shoulder stand mindfully and sustainably.
Suggested props: 3 blankets, 2 blocks, and a strap.
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Iyengar: Inversions Master Class • Patricia Walden • 60 min
Master Iyengar teacher Patricia Walden offers a 60-minute practice focusing on the king and queen of all poses: Sirsasana and Sarvangasana.
Suggested props: a strap, two blankets and a bolster.
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Iyengar: Arm Balance Master Class • Patricia Walden • 60 min
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Iyengar: Twisting into Spring • Tristan Binns • 42 minutes
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Iyengar: Standing Strong • Nadja Refaie • 40 min
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Iyengar: Forward Bends • Patricia Walden • 70 min
Join esteemed Iyengar Master Teacher, Patricia Walden for a practice focusing on forward folds. Patricia, along with her students will guide you through the multitude of ways in which forward folds can be approached and achieved leaving you enlightened.
Suggested Props: Blanket, Yoga Strap, Blocks
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Recovery: Iyengar for Healing • Tristan Binns • 35 min
Any time you have had a cough, cold, or any respiratory infection, it can be challenging to return to practice because lying down can set off a coughing response, and the body can feel stiff and sore in general. This practice will gently stretch the body to bring a sense of ease. The supine resto...
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Iyengar: Best of Back Care • Claire Carroll • 20 min
Suggested props: two chairs
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Iyengar: Harmonizing Opposites • Claire Carroll • 30 min
In the Iyengar system we use oppositional movements to create space and freedom in the body. For example, as we extend one part of the body in one direction, we offset it with an equal and opposite movement in the other direction. This class explore that principle in a variety of poses.
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Iyengar: Standing Poses with a folding chair • Tristan Binns • 40 min
Use your folding or yoga chair to enhance common standing poses - Downward Facing Dog, Standing Forward Fold, Triangle and Side Angle, Parsvottanasana, and a very lifted Bridge pose, as well as a truly deeply relaxing Savasana.
Suggested props: 1 block, 3 blankets, 1 folding chair, a wall
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Iyengar: Simple Standing Twists • Nadja Refaie • 30 min
Suggested Props: 2 blocks, a chair, blanket, and wall
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Iyengar: Twisting Poses to Ignite Your Practice • Claire Carroll • 30 min
Twists are powerful poses to erode physical and mental blockages. Practicing with a chair can help us to establish a stable base, elongate the spine, and twist from the tight spots in our torso
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Iyengar: Simple Leg Stretches • Nadja Refaie • 16 min
Nadja focuses on bringing length to the spine and lift to the pelvis. This class can be practiced on its own, to prepare for a longer practice, or to stretch the legs after a run or other activity.
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Iyengar: Let's Twist Again • Nadja Refaie • 30 min
In this sequence, Tristan and Nadja take you through 4 seated twists. We focus on maintaining length in the spine as we twist and show different ways to work in the poses. The sequence finishes with two ways to do Parivrtta Trikonasana (Revolved Triangle pose) and a symmetrical standing pose.
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Iyengar: Stability and Ease while Standing on One Leg • Claire Carroll • 30 min
Learn techniques for bringing stability and ease to body and mind in Vrksasana (tree pose), Ardha Chandrasana (half-moon pose) and Virabhadrasana III (warrior III).
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Iyengar: Pranayama Primer • Claire Carroll • 20 min
This segment presents a streamlined sequence of postures to relax the body, open the chest, and smooth out the breath.
Suggested Props: 2-3 blocks, one blanket or towel
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Iyengar: Inversion Practice for Beginners • Nadja Refaie • 30 min
Join Nadja for a sequence that prepares you for headstand (Sirsasana) and shoulderstand (Sarvangasana). Tristan and Heloise demonstrate 2 ways to practice each pose, one with more support, one with less. We suggest securing knowledge of these poses in class before trying them on your own.
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Iyengar: 3 Ways to Do Trikonasana • Nadja Refaie • 15 min
Explore woking with different props to deepen your understanding of triangle pose (trikonasana). We teach 3 versions of trikonasana focusing on stability, mobility and creating length. This exploration finishes with a standing forward bend.
Suggested Props: wall, chair, blocks
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Iyengar: Viparita Karani Cycle • Tristan Boyer Binns • 23 min
Viparita Karani, or Legs Up the Wall, is a wonderful pose cycle to practice at the beginning or end of a longer practice. It is also a perfect stand alone practice to help recharge and revitalize, or calm down, at any point during the day. Truly versatile! Please do the whole cycle, or shorten it...
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Iyengar: Introductory Leg Stretches • Nadja Refaie • 20 min
This sequence is geared toward students new to Iyengar yoga. Join Nadja for a sequence to stretch the legs by learning the common actions in some standing poses and downward facing dog.
Suggested Props: 2 blocks, wall
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Iyengar: Prepare Shoulders and Groins for Back Bends • Nadja Refaie • 50 min
This sequence focuses on opening the armpits and lengthening the groins in preparation for back bends. Geared toward students with some Iyengar yoga experience.
Suggested props: blankets, belt, blocks, chair
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Iyengar: Supplemental Stretches for Stiff Bodies • Claire Carroll • 20 min
This session presents modified poses and supplemental stretches to help create greater mobility and suppleness in the body and mind.
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Iyengar: Side Stretches • Claire Carroll • 30 min
This session focuses on the yogic concept of maximizing sattva or bringing balance and harmony to body, mind, and spirit. We’ll explore this through poses that stretch the left and right sides of the body.
Suggested Props: Bolster, two blocks, one blanket.
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Iyengar: Inversion Practice for Experienced Students • Tristan Binns • 30 min
For experienced Iyengar practitioners. This practice is a good preparation for inversions, plus Salamba Sirsasana and Salamba Sarvangasana. A good straightforward afternoon/evening inversion practice. Please already be steady in your inversions before doing this practice.
Suggested props: 2 block...