June 2020

We are very excited to have you here. As teachers, we feel honoured to share our knowledge with you. We are always keen to learn about your experience with us and encourage feedback so we can the best teachers possible. B.K.S. Iyengar writes that "The still waters of the lake reflect the beauty around it. When the mind is still, the beauty of the Self is seen reflected in it. The yogi stills [the] mind by constant study and by freeing [her/him] self from desires. The eight stages of yoga teach

Internationally known yoga master B.K.S Iyengar says health goes beyond the physical to the moral, intellectual, and spiritual. Most people feel that they are healthy if they are not suffering from illness or pain, not aware of the imbalances that exist in their bodies and minds that ultimately will lead to disease. Yoga has a threefold impact on health. The health benefits of yoga include keeping healthy people healthy, it inhibits the development of diseases, and it aids recovery from ill health. But diseases are not just a physical phenomenon. Anything that

Dear student, I want to share with you why I love yoga. My story began in 2005 in St. Petersburg, Russia. At that time, I was a Pilates teacher. I decided to try yoga. I was very lucky my first class was the in Iyengar yoga tradition. After the class, I was surprised how after an one hour class I felt a change in my body. I felt lightness and at the same time my body had a good workout. Most importantly, I had a feeling of internal balance and calm. After almost 13

This month in my blog, I want to talk about shoulders and neck. If you ask me why, the answer is these days most of us tend to move the shoulder joint in one direction only—out in front of us. Think about it: We spend the vast majority of our time on computer keyboards, cell phones, holding the steering wheel, pushing a shopping cart, or shrugging on winter coats. The result? We don’t take our shoulders through their full range of motion on a regular basis, and this repetition of forward-reaching tasks

The Healing Potential of Iyengar yoga. Dear student, I want to share with you why I love yoga. As I wrote in my first blog, my story began in 2005 in St. Petersburg, Russia. At that time, I was a Pilates teacher. I decided to try yoga. I was very lucky my first class was the in Iyengar yoga tradition. After just one hour I was surprised at the change I felt in my body. I felt lightness but also achieved a great workout. But most surprising was the feeling of internal balance

When Zhanna first met me, I had a shoulder injury that was affecting me in almost everything I did. I had pain in the shoulder as well as referred pain in the upper arm/bicep area. Zhanna gave me modifications for all the exercises, never forgetting to look over at me and check in, despite the large class she was teaching at the time. I asked her for some additional exercises that I could do at home and she gave me several exercises that I could work on in between classes. Slowly, but surely, my

I started taking Hatha yoga was all by coincidence back in the early 2000. At the time, my wife was promoted to a position that she was not ready for which created tremendous stress in our lives. I have to find some outlets to reduce the stress so we tried ballroom dancing and gym yoga at the same time. In the beginning everything was moving along until she kept stepping on my toes and falling off from the rhythm in dancing classes so we stayed with yoga and it kept

Dear students, Christmas's coming soon and I find myself neglecting my yoga practice and self care. We are all busy preparing for the holidays, shopping, planning and organizing. It's the most beautiful, but also the most stressful time of the year. It's during this time that our bodies and minds need more love and care. Yoga and meditation help us to feel better, leave behind our hectic schedule and enjoy the present moment. It's important to keep up with yoga practice at home and at the studio. In this post I’ve included