This session presents modified poses and supplemental stretches to help create greater mobility and suppleness in the body and mind.
Suggested props: chair, one blanket/towel

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...

This class gives detailed instructions and cues for proper positioning and alignment as you work your way through an invigorating class with a variety of standing, seated, and back bending poses.

Suggested Props: 3 blankets, 2 blocks, belt.

BKS Iyengar often spoke of letting every pore of the skin become an eye. In this all-level class, we’ll explore how to cultivate and expand awareness using the hands and arms. We’ll explore alignment from the core to the periphery, and awareness from the periphery to the core.

Suggested Props: ...

Take this class on its own, or as an add-on to another class. This class focuses on stretching the legs and extending the spine. Because it is entirely performed while lying on your back, it can be a restorative class.

Suggested Props: belt

An excellent overall class with a focus on spinal extension and twists. Nice variety of seated and standing poses. Shoulder stand with variations is included.

Suggested Props: Three blankets, belt, two blocks, chair (optional)

Enjoy a guided meditation and short restorative practice while set up in Supine Bound Angle Pose (Supta Baddha Konasa). Cultivates inner stillness, while opening of the hips and heart, and is helpful in increasing lateral mobility in the knees. Add this class before or after any class or take th...

This is a level one class that moves along quickly from seated poses, to forward bends, to standing poses, without a long meditation. There are no inversions in this class. A great class to start your day, stretch your legs, and get warmed up.

Suggested props: Mat, 2-3 blankets, belt

Learn how to set up props correctly in order to safely go into Salamba Sarvangasana (supported shoulder stand). This mini class offers three different ways to work on shoulder stand, with details on how to measure for correct positioning. We do not stay in shoulder stand long; the class is intend...

This session presents ways to make seated forward extensions and twists accessible for practitioners of all levels. It also highlights how these poses can cultivate mental clarity and agility.

Suggested Props: wall, chair, blocks, belt

In this session, we explore how simple back bending poses build courage, discipline, and vigor. This is part one of a two-part series.

Suggested Props: wall

Learn how to work with your legs to bring stability in the hips and length in the spine. We’ll work with the same geometry in 3 different poses to focus on using the legs to stabilize the hips, balance the pelvis and keep the sides of the body equal in length.

Suggested Props: 2 blocks

Explore the actions needed for safe, easeful backbends with Nadja. We will open the shoulder joints, lengthen the sides and elongate the hip flexors to prepare the body to arch backwards. We will focus on these actions and practice virabhadrasana I (warrior I), urdhva mukha svanasana (upward faci...

This class explores how we use the wall as a prop in Iyengar yoga. The wall can help us use our arms and legs more effectively and help us develop proprioception about our body’s placement. We will explore using the wall for Adho Mukha Svansana (downward facing dog), some standing and seated pose...

Use the wall ropes to do Utthita Trikonasana (Extended Triangle Pose) two ways, and learn how to use the same set up for Virabhadrasana II (Warrior II Pose) and Utthita Parsvakonasana (Extended Side Angle Pose). Also enjoy a version of Adho Mukha Svanasana (Downward-Facing Dog Pose). Tristan sug...

Learn how to use the wall ropes to do a simple warm up sequence, with variations and versions of Paschimottanasana (Seated Forward Bend Pose) and Adho Mukha Svanasana (Downward-Facing Dog Pose). Tristan suggests watching the video once before practicing along with it.

Suggested Props: Ropes Wall

Deeper thanks to our wonderful Iyengar Assistant & Teacher Popsi Narasimhan for this landmark oration of one of the foundational texts of classical yoga. The Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali are a collection of 196 Sanskrit sutras (aphorisms) on the theory and practice of yoga compiled around 500 BCE by ...

Enjoy this sequence of standing and seated poses to bring firmness to the legs and stability in the hips. Explore how these actions create length in the sides and freedom in the body and mind. This class is for all levels.

Join Nadja Refaie for Part 2 of this two-part series exploring ways to use the wall as a prop in Iyengar yoga. The wall can help us stabilize our body in twists as well as help us develop proprioception about our body’s placement. In this video we’ll use the wall to explore parivrtta trikonasana,...