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 The Iyengar Yoga Centre Newsletter has been in publication for over twenty years. Its arrival is eagerly anticipated by knowledge seekers through out the world. The Iyengar Yoga Centre Newsletter provides a forum where both the novice and experienced Iyengar Yoga student can share relevant opinions and experiences. The Newsletter encourages students to delve more deeply into the ancient teachings of yoga thereby helping readers to cope with and transcend the turmoil of modern life. SUBSCRIPTIONS: SAMPLE NEWSLETTER: SANSKRIT GLOSSARY: Click here FEATURED ARTICLE: Heart of Yoga
"Shirley emphasized that to get the full benefits of yoga, people need to approach it with a seriousness of purpose and an openness to change. It is easy to get lazy about yoga: to do the postures that come easily and to avoid those that are more challenging. To say to yourself, 'Look, I'm just not destined to do full arm balance in the middle of the room.' Once you say that to yourself, you stop even trying to do it. It's a lot easier to close a door than to leave it ajar, waiting for the final push that will bring enlightenment."
"...The challenge to keep all doors open was, for me, at the heart of this workshop and at the very heart of yoga." "As I return home after the weekend workshop with Shirley, I am again reminded how my mind and my thoughts can limit what I see as possibilities for myself- whether that be on the yoga mat or in all other areas of my life. I will hear Shirley's voice repeating, Just do your very best, that is all the Divine asks of you!" "There was a sense of awe and wonder in the air as we gathered close around Shirley, like young children around their teacher reading a favourite story." "... we will always gather around our yoga teachers seeking illumination. Perhaps it is this awe and wonder - of the wisdom shared, of the knowledge passed on, of our own bodies and the possibilities within, which lie at the heart of yoga." "In her classes I feel a mixture of kindness and steely toughness in her challenges. She offers a blend of compassion with unremitting insistence and inspiration as she drives us past self imposed limits." "...She quoted a philosopher, saying that life is a walk on the razor's edge, in which we keep falling off and that the only response is to get up and go again. After quoting this Shirley said, and that is why there is another breath. These few words took me to the Heart of Yoga." "...the main lesson for me from this weekend is that yoga practice involves balance; balance between left and right, top and bottom, front and back, balance between mind and body, strength and flexibility." "A great teacher, by example, expands our ideas of the possible in human experience... I did my first handstand and my first backbend... I don't have to wait to see if fear has 'gone away' before I'm allowed to progress." *In order to view or download articles in PDF file format you will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed in your computer. CLICK HERE to download free Adobe Acrobat Reader Software. |
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"Shirley commented on many aspects of yoga, but one comment in particular struck me: The body is the book of our lives." "... The gift that Shirley gives is the ability to frame the self within, and beyond the asanas, to move the physical into the spiritual and to awaken the organic beauty of the library within."