Reflections from IYISF Alumni & Faculty
By Rachel Quinlan October 30, 2014The Iyengar Yoga Institute recently celebrated 40 years of excellence in yoga education with that said we are excited to welcome the 2014 applicants. The last day to submit your application is Friday, November 14th! As we are recognized by Yoga Alliance, 2014 IYISF Teacher Training applicants are still eligible to apply for the Yoga Alliance scholarship program until November 7th!
We wanted to take the time showcase some more personal views from a faculty and alumni perspective on our Teacher Training program.
Victoria Austin: IYISF Faculty
Victoria Austin is apart of the Faculty of the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco. She has studied yoga for over 30 years.
We asked Victoria: What do you enjoy most about Teaching in IYISF’s Teacher Training Program?
“Guruji wanted us all to help each other to properly represent his teaching in our communities. In my training teachers, I can see his practice and hear his voice; in the trainees I can support the seed of intention to take root and grow.
Tessa Manning: IYISF Alumni
Studying for Intro 1 while being in the training went hand and hand, and I can say the program along with my apprenticeship prepared me 100% for Intro 1. And I passed!
Meet Rebecca Lerner
By Rachel Quinlan October 19, 2014We are excited to announce that Intermediate Senior III certified Iyengar Teacher Rebecca Lerner will be teaching a 3 day intensive next week, along with a special teaching module course.
10/24 Friday, 2-5p: An afternoon of teaching practicum where students will learn how to bring life and fire to the physical postures (asana) so that students of all levels can begin to experience the divine within through their body. This afternoon will include practice teaching with feedback from Rebecca.
10/24 Friday, 6-8p: Establishing the Field of Bliss: Padmasana (lotus) preparation & Pranayama
10/25 Saturday, 2-5p: Exploring the Field of Bliss: Standing poses, Forward Bends and Twists
10/26 Sunday, 2-5p: Igniting the Field of Bliss: Arm balances & Backbends
Her 3 day Intensive will explore the connection between the body, mind and spirit. According to the science of yoga, we are all body-mind-spirit beings. We experience the world through our physical body and senses. Our body represents the earth element and is the field of yoga practice. Our vital body, our physiological and pranic body represents the water element. It is from here that we begin to learn to care for and nourish ourselves just as the ocean provides life on the Earth. Our mind, fire element, is in the middle, and it must fire on the last two element (air and space) the intellectual and blissful bodies in order to create a vessel capable of experiencing the abode of the soul.
Sign up now for the 3 day intensive!
Sign up for the 3 day intensive & Teaching Module here!
A little more about Rebecca:
“Rebecca is the co-director of the Iyengar Yoga Institute of Central Pennsylvania and has been practicing and teaching yoga since the 1970’s. She has been teaching yoga since the 1970s and continues her studies in India with the Iyengars on a regular basis. In addition to public classes at the Center, Rebecca conducts private yoga therapy sessions giving students individualized yoga programs to suit their personal needs. Rebecca has been the resident yoga teacher at the State College Friends School (k-8) since 1992. Rebecca is also a professionally trained in the Bradley Method as a Natural Childbirth educator.”
-Iyengar Yoga Institute of Central Pennsylvania
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