Posture names are sometimes difficult to remember for a beginner. By learning a few basic Sanskrit words, one can easily decipher the names of the most common asanas and thus […]

Every year the Iyengar Yoga Association of Greater New York holds a “Yogathon” in order to raise money to support the community of teachers and students who are part of […]

Children are very susceptible to energies, since they do not have a carapace between “the other and the me” which is usually only enforced by ego, the seeking of identity […]

Standing asanas (utthista sthiti) have a reputation to be demanding and vigorous. They awaken the entire being. In the standing asanas, we learn to bear our own weight. The arms […]

My motivation to write on this topic stemmed from students often asking us how to deal with surging emotions while in certain postures. In order to cater to this question, […]