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Alaric has been practicing Iyengar yoga since 1983 and teaching Iyengar yoga since 1991. He is certificated by the Iyengar Yoga Association (UK) as a Level 3 Iyengar Yoga teacher. He has been taught directly by Guruji, Geetaji and Prashantaji and received his Senior Intermediate III certification under the old qualification system in 2006. Alaric’s teaching is lively, insightful and playful. His long teaching experience enables him to give precise individual adjustments while maintaining good group momentum.

Amparo was born in Bogota Colombia and came to Britain in 1974. She started practicing and studying Iyengar Yoga in the 1980s and found this method the most beneficial as it emphasises the proper alignment in Yoga asanas. She has studied with Guruji Iyengar and his daughter Geeta in India, Germany, Russia and England. Amparo holds Teaching Certificate Junior Intermediate Level 3, which includes remedial and pregnancy teaching. She also runs a teachers training in Mexico and is an assessor there and in England. Amparo also offers individual, private and corporate Iyengar yoga classes. To arrange a visit send an e-mail to info@yogamparo.co.uk or call 07946 766 377.

Level 3 teacher. I qualified as an introductory teacher in 2007 and gained the senior intermediate 1 qualification in 2019. I teach public classes in south London and also to small private groups. Classes are for beginners, gentle (shorter class time and slower pace), general and intermediate levels. Both in person and online classes, and regular workshops. I am interested in all aspects of yoga but particularly how energy flow enhances wellbeing.

Iyengar Yoga Teacher for 21 years, with a love of outdoor activities including swimming, kayaking, cycling, walking, and just being outdoors enjoying the sights, sounds and smells of nature. My background as a physiotherapist and associated knowledge of human anatomy and biomechanics has proved a reliable friend to my yoga teaching. However, my most valuable learning comes through my personal practice and experience of yoga

level 3 teacher with 21 years teaching experience

I have been teaching since 1980. My most influential teachers were BKS Iyengar, Geeta S. Iyengar, Prashant S. Iyengar, Jawahar Banghera, Rayner Curtis, Jeanne Maslem and Feaq Biria. I received my Introductory teaching certificate in 1986. I taught first in adult education classes and at various sports facilities until opening my own Yoga Centre 'Iyengar Yoga Workshop' in Worthing West Sussex in 1993. I began training teachers and assessing in the UK in 1996. In 2000 I moved to live in San Diego California, where I continued to train teachers at all levels and to assess teachers going for their first or higher level of certification. In 2008 I began teaching and training teachers in Mexico and completed my work there in 2017 by which time I had trained over 60 Iyengar yoga teachers up to Intermediate Junior III level of certification. I now teach and train teachers in Palm Desert California USA, and at YogaSouth Iyengar Yoga Centre in Lancing, Sussex on the south coast of the UK where I now live with my husband Randall.

Congleton Yoga Centre

Introductory certificate – Qualified in 1992 Intermediate Jnr certificate level III – 1998 Intermediate Snr certificate level II – 2007 I have been qualified for 31 years, but I have been practising Iyengar yoga for 40years. I am as passionate about iyengar yoga now, as I was then. I have been very lucky to have been taught directly with Mr Iyengar, and have been to Pune many times to work directly with the Iyengar family, including Geetaji and Prashant. Although currently not holding general classes in person, I am continuing with my online class. I also take one on one classes, in person Please feel free to contact me for further information.

I have been teaching Iyengar Yoga for 30years. I teach all levels, beginners, general and intermediate students in and around Manchester and West Yorkshire. I am a Registered Therapy Teacher, Mentor and Assessor for the IY (UK).

Edgar teaches Iyengar Yoga in the South West region and runs ‘Yogatree’ studio in Corsham with his wife Lydia Holmes. He also holds classes in Bristol and workshops around the UK and abroad. Edgar started learning Yoga in Manchester in 1991 and is a qualified Senior Level 3 teacher. He visits Pune regularly to study in the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute. Edgar’s enthusiasm for Yoga is reflected in his classes, which are lively, focused and engaging.

I have been teaching Iyengar Yoga since 2000 and attained Senior level 3 certification in 2014. I have studied with the Iyengar family in Pune on many occasions. I have trained many teachers in Dublin and continue to mentor under the new system and I lead Professional Development workshops for teachers. I regularly teach therapy and individual classes as well as my regular weekly sessions.

I started my yoga journey in 2000 in Moscow. Later I was certified as Level 3 Teacher in 2011. Also I was lucky to study 6 times with Iyengar family in Pune. I have also attended many different workshops with other senior international teachers, including training therapy events. . Since 2016 I live in Manchester. I teach only 1-to-1 classes in English at the moment.

My father first introduced me to yoga in the 1970's as he practiced from books. As a keen gymnast I was amazed at the pictures of the asanas in Light on Yoga. My yoga practice has developed further under the guidance of certified teachers and now, as a teacher myself, I have also helped my father along his yogic path too! I was fortunate to share my plans to open a yoga centre with BKS Iyengar and in a letter he commented that the space looked "a calm and peaceful place".

Level 3 Teacher: Senior Intermediate Level 2 2015 Senior Intermediate Level 1 2011 Junior Intermediate Level 3 2004 Junior Intermediate Level 2 2002 Junior Intermediate Level 1 2001 Introductory Level Teaching Certificate 1992 Mentor/Assessor Therapy

My first experience of Yoga was when I was a student in Edinburgh in 1985, attending classes at the Edinburgh Iyengar Yoga Centre. I qualified at Introductory level in 1995 and am now a Level 3 teacher. I was lucky to visit RIMYI during Guruji’s lifetime in 2005 and was taught by him, Geeta and the other great teachers there. I teach weekly classes in Inverness, Beauly, online and annually at the Belladrum Tartanheart Festival. In order to build the Iyengar community in the Highlands, I organise events every year with visiting senior teachers and am a Mentor for Iyengar Yoga UK.

I have been teaching Iyengar yoga in Sheffield for almost 40 years. Some of my students have been with me almost that long!  I have taught from Beginners level through to intermediate classes, specialist workshops and therapy classes. I have also trained many teachers to Introductory certificates and beyond, and continue to mentor trainee teachers and those working towards further certification.   It has been my joy to run Sheffield Iyengar Yoga Centre since 2005 and to create there a dedicated and warm community of teachers and students. We have , in pre covid times, also welcomed many International teachers to the Centre. As well as managing our classes now both online and in person we continue to offer regular New Starter courses to those completely new to Yoga.  We are in an ongoing process of aiming to improve the diversity and inclusive nature of our community so offer special days and classes for those with larger and stiffer bodies and offer discounts for those on low incomes.        

Intermediate Junior 3 Iyengar Yoga Therapist

Helen has been teaching since 1990, she is the highest certified teacher in Glasgow. She has over 40 visits to Pune – where she has assisted Guruji in medical classes, as well as studying at the Yoga institute in Pune set up by Gururji. She is a therapy teacher, has classes for experienced practitioners, teachers & Beginners and runs workshops and holidays in Scotland and the Lakes.

I started my Iyengar Yoga journey in 1991, due to suffering from chronic fatigue illness. Initially trained by Lilian Biggs, a senior level Iyengar Yoga teacher. I continued training with Jayne Orton along with many other advanced and senior level Iyengar Yoga teachers in the UK and India. I have visited Pune many times to be taught by Guruji BKS Iyengar, Geetaji, Prashantji and Abhijata Iyengar. I have over 30 years experience studying and practicing Iyengar Yoga, including application of Yoga therapy. I am passionate about  integrating Yoga Philosophy into ny teaching, with key emphasis on respecting Yoga as a spiritual science. I am now a Level 3 teacher, qualified in therapy and a registered mentor.

I have been practising since 1975 and Teaching Iyengar yoga since 1980 first for Birmingham City Council for 22 years and then since 2002 at the Iyengar Yoga Institute of Birmingham. I was awarded an Advanced level Certificate by BKS Iyengar in 2011. I teach all levels of classes including a teachers advanced class and teach intensives , workshops and a medical class. I am also teacher of Birmingham City football Club since 2005. All my classes at the Institute are also streamed live online. Please see website to book.

My journey with Iyengar Yoga began in 1995 when I quickly became devoted to the practice. By 2000, I had obtained certification as a teacher and I have since had the opportunity to study with esteemed teachers such as Geetaji and Prashantji in Pune, as well as Rajiv and Swati Chanchani in northern India. As a registered Iyengar Yoga Therapeutic Teacher and Mentor, I am dedicated to supporting teacher trainees and am particularly interested in the therapeutic applications of yoga. In my free time, I volunteer as a secretary for Bradford District Iyengar Yoga (BDIY) to help support my local Iyengar community. My interest in the yoga tradition and its related sciences led to me studying Ayurveda, a sister discipline of yoga, and I am a qualified Ayurvedic Practitioner. Prior to dedicating myself full-time to yoga, I had a diverse career, including ten years in the charitable sector. As a Level 3 teacher, qualified in therapy, and registered mentor, I am dedicated to sharing my knowledge and passion for Iyengar Yoga with others.

After training with Jeanne Maslen in Manchester, I qualified in 1977 and gained Level 3 in 1991. I taught locally for many years in Glossop, Ashton and Sheffield. When I retired from my 'day job' I changed focus from general classes to recuperative. I feel that I can usefully pass on my experience of yoga poses that calm the nerves and restore energy. I currently teach at the MDIY. A Slower-paced class on Thursdays at 1 pm, and also a monthly Friday Recuperative class. My understanding of yoga has developed over all this time as a practitioner and a teacher – I wouldn't be without its balance and calmness.

My initial training was with Carole Lawrence and Jeanne Maslen.  Later I was a student of David Reddicen.  As a scientist working in women's health I look at yoga as a science but also as an art. Through Jeanne, Mr Iyengar helped me recover from a serious accident. This started me off on the path of teaching and researching remedial yoga, and I have also carried out research in yoga as applied to pregnancy. Most recently I have been working with Uday Bhosale and Debra Bartholomew. I split my time between Manchester and Brecon.

Judith qualified in 1989 and has been teaching in the Newbury and West Berks area ever since, taking General, Intermediate and Teacher Training classes. She has held the Intermediate Senior Level 3 teaching certificate since 2004, and was an Assessor and Moderator for IY(UK) until 2021. She continues to teach 3 weekly classes and to Mentor local teachers.

I first practised Iyengar Yoga in Zambia in 1970 and have been teaching since 1976, initially in Adult Education classes and hired halls, then from a studio in my home in Long Ditton from 1995 to 2013. I now run classes and workshops in Long Ditton Village Hall, on the outskirts of Greater London between Surbiton and Thames Ditton.

First qualified in 1986 achieved Senior level 3 2006 and still learning

I have been practising Iyengar yoga since 1989 and teaching since 1996. I practise yoga to be well and my teaching style is marked by clarity, simplicity and humour.  I hold a Level 3 certificate and teach classes at all levels.

I began to practice yoga as a teenager and now many years on, it forms the foundation on which my whole life has been built. Thanks to BKS Iyengar, I feel I have found a sound, efficacious way to keep healthy, and full of gratitude and joy from the blessings that yoga bestows on body, mind, and spirit. I have been so lucky to be able to learn better ways to practice with the inspiring teachers trained in his method. It is really worth a try.

Julie has been practising since the age of 15 (back in the 70's), teaching since 1997 and is certified as a teacher to Level 3 with Therapy Training. Julie is qualified as an assessor for IY(UK),Teacher Trainer and Mentor. Currently working out of Yoga-on-Tay and as a guest teacher in the UK.

I am a level 3 teacher with Therapy Status living and teaching in Cornwall. My teacher trainer was Judith Van Dop whose classes I still attend weekly.

I trained at Introductory Level at MDIIY with Jeanne Maslen & Tricia Booth, qualifying in January 1997 and qualified at Intermediate Senior level 3 in 2011. I became a full time teacher in 2000 and co-founded and directed the Bath Iyengar Yoga Centre from 2000 - 2021. I have studied in Pune on 21 visits. I am a registered mentor and have successfully trained teachers as an approved teacher trainer since 2009. I am an Assessor for IY(UK) and serve on the ATC. I am director of yogvidya.co.uk the online Iyengar Yoga bookstore. I am based near Ripon in North Yorkshire and teach weekly classes in Harrogate and Ripon and online and weekend workshops all over the place! My annual retreat is in Dentdale in the Yorkshire Dales.

I started Iyengar yoga in 1983 with Silva Mehta and am teaching since 1995 at the Iyengar Yoga Institute Maida Vale (London). My particular interests are teaching children/teenagers and therapy. I am also a mentor and member of the IYUK Therapy committee.

I started teaching under Mary Dunn at the Iyengar Yoga Institute of Greater New York in New York City in 1996. I have taught in New York, Arizona, Indiana, London, South Korea and the UK. I teach beginners, intermediate, remedial, one to one and pregnancy.

Laura first learned Iyengar yoga with Angela Farmer, one of Guruji’s early UK students, back in 1977. For a good while after that she had no access to an Iyengar teacher, but continued a daily practice using Light on Yoga, until learning with John Claxton and Lillian Biggs in the early 1990s. She started teacher training with Lillian in 1994. She has continued to develop her professional learning, and is currently certified at Level 3; she has visited RIMYI three times for a month’s attendance at classes. As a teacher in higher and further education for nearly thirty years, Laura has a practical and wide ranging experience in different pedagogical methods and approaches, and of working with students of all sorts of abilities. Her background in philosophy (BA Hons and PhD) and in health education (PG DipHEd) provide a strong foundation to her yoga teaching and understanding. She has a particular expertise in, and a commitment to, teaching students with mental health problems, and has taught in psychiatric hospitals for over twenty years, as well as classes for MIND, the WEA Mental Health Division, and a class supported by IYDF for community mental health service users. In 2007 she contributed extensively to a review published by the Prince’s Foundation for Integrated Health on yoga for mental health, and has published other articles on the topic too. For eight years she taught yoga to medical students, helping them to establish their own practice, and academically requiring them to research the health benefits of Iyengar yoga. In 2017, she began to study the Therapeutics course with Stephanie Quirk, truncated by the pandemic. In 2021, she facilitated the IYUK Long Covid pilot study, drawing on her social science research experience; she co-supervised a graduate student at York University to compile a research literature review on therapeutic applications of yoga, and a student-researcher at York St John University, who produced a quantative and qualitative evaluation of the pilot study. Her yoga teaching is grounded in a deep love, understanding and appreciation of Iyengar yoga as lived experience. The fundamental principles of yama and niyama resonate through her teaching, her social and political engagement and way of living.

Lin has been practising Iyengar yoga for over 35 years and is a Senior Level 3 teacher. Her passion and dedication to the subject is matched only by her knowledge and ability as a teacher. Senior Level 3 2016 Intermediate 3 2005 Introductory Level 1998

I have been teaching Iyengar yoga since 1999 and am a level 3 teacher. I am teaching regular in person classes and workshops in London and Bath, often with an option to attend online, please contact me for details.