8th July 2022
Jaṭhara Parivartanāsana This is the third in what seems to have become a series – after Utkatāsana and Gomukhāsana – of pieces on asanas that may not be part of everyone’s regular practice. Jaṭhara Parivartanāsana, like the other two, is... Read More...
30th May 2022
Gomukhāsana is a pose known to all Iyengar Yoga students from a very early stage in their learning but, for most, just as an ‘arms only’ pose. Although Gomukhāsana features in Geeta Iyengar’s Preliminary Course (pp. 61-62), the full pose... Read More...
6th April 2022
I have suggested to my trainees to keep a diary so they can record any "eureka" moments, and also what went well in their practice and what they struggle with. I think it will be interesting for them to look... Read More...
21st March 2022
The Mentors and Assessors Support Group of which I am a member is hoping to encourage more mentors to contribute to and use this Resource Bank. It is for all of us to share ideas and to bring up any... Read More...
16th March 2022
A spreadsheet of all the Level 1 poses with columns to mark down important points, props, corrections, alternative poses etc. Inspired by something that was shared in the YogaSpace meeting recently, one of my trainees went off and produced it,... Read More...
14th February 2022
Anatomy summary sheet #2 A second summary sheet for the trainees to go over and fill in after we'd spent a morning discussing this all together, covering organs, endocrine, digestive, excretory systems. Has a few links to some useful online... Read More...
14th February 2022
Focused teaching practice While all trainees are attending weekly classes to shadow, and over time moving from observation to demonstration to assisting to teaching, that does not start to give the idea of a feel of a class. I asked... Read More...
8th November 2021
After a year of working on different aspects of the training, it was time to get the trainees started on their philosophy studies in a more thorough way.To add clarity to this vast and potentially overwhelming subject, I thought of... Read More...
12th October 2021
An overview of what is meant in yoga by the concepts: Alignment, Directionality, Extension, Sequencing, Timing and Effects. Those of us who were teacher trainers under the old system have been asked to share things that we have found useful... Read More...
14th September 2021
I put together a summary sheet for the trainees to go over themselves to revise what we had covered in a practical session together with our model skeleton and anatomy books, which I hope covers all the points listed in... Read More...
29th August 2021
One exercise that we have been doing regularly, is that I ask the mentees to each suggest a level 1 asana at random, and then we take a few minutes to put them in the order of a sequence and... Read More...
29th August 2021
Regarding the anatomy training, I have been asking our mentees to each prepare a subject and teach it to the others. This way they make sure they learn the subject well and practice their teaching skills, their voice as well... Read More...
29th August 2021
During the observation of the online classes, I ask my mentees to take a few screenshots and after the class we share them and think about adjustments and comments. This way the mentees have time to think and train their... Read More...
27th August 2021
Prepare a 5 minute presentation on the kleshas and how they are to be overcome.Use Light on the Yoga Sutras as your starting point. Be able to talk about it from memory to your peers or students, not just reading... Read More...
27th August 2021
Learn about the Yoga Sutras from yoga practitioners! The best resource is the IyengarYoga Official channel on YouTube. The series is called "Learning the Yoga Sutras with Clarity and Rigour". It is recordings of sessions given most weeks by Srineet... Read More...
