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The Struggle is Real – AND Worth It

I love to introduce people to Iyengar Yoga. No matter if you are a raw beginner who has never taken class or someone who does yoga and just has never…

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The Gift of Yoga

Today would have been BKS Iyengar’s 101st birthday, tomorrow is our annual celebration at The Yoga Place, and it is that time of the year where gifts are exchanged with…

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Geeta Iyengar

As The Yoga Place prepares for its annual celebration, it is always a reminder that we can also reflect on and celebrate the lineage of Iyengar Yoga that has been…

Iyengar Yoga in Kalispell, Montana. Photographed by Mandy Mohler of Field Guide Designs.

Blessings of Time and Teaching

Many of you know now that I have missed another week of teaching class due to my father’s declining health and passing. Within this process and within the absence of…

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Giving Thanks

I know I am a little late with this post according to the calendar, but maybe it is a good reminder that “Thanksgiving” is something for every day and not…

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Upside-down, Yoga Turns Me

Yes, please know that this is the song I have in my head right now…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIAtE6ywgwA… Yoga does turn us upside-down and inside out and also round and round…and so it…

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Bharadvajasana

Obviously I am a bit behind on the blogs for Sanskrit…leaving off at Bharadvajasana. This week, as our lesson of Sanskrit on the bulletin board has come to a close,…

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Trauma, Recovery, Yoga

I first met Sara Anderson, author of STROKE: overcoming my worst nightmare, when I moved to LaCrosse in April. Being a student of Chris Saudek’s and interested in her therapeutic…

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Triang Mukhaikapada Paschimottanasana

Just thought I would throw one out there that looks like a tongue twister, but by the end of this session, you might start to catch a glimpse of how…

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Meditation in Action

BKS Iyengar is well known for bringing stability and alignment to the physical practice of asana; bringing the mind and the body onto the same level to create what he…