A Sharing of the Teachings by the Iyengars on the 100th Anniversary of BKS Iyengar’s Birth

Having had the honor of participating in the 2-week intensive in December 2018 in Pune, India led by Geeta, Prasant, and Abhijata Iyengar, Avery and Willamarie are excited to share with the High Desert Yoga community highlights of what they learned. In this 3-hour yoga workshop, students will experience a selection of sequences, principles, and philosophy that represents the current living tradition of Iyengar Yoga. Appropriate for all levels of yoga practitioners.

Avery Kalapa is a Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher (CIYT), who has been practicing yoga for 20 years and teaching since 2004. She is grateful for extensive study with senior teachers and has traveled around the US and to India to study yoga including therapeutic application, advanced practices, and embodied spiritual philosophy. The Iyengar method, anatomy, Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras and Vipassana meditation are the foundation for Avery’s practice. She brings a depth of skill, rigor, compassion, and commitment that creates not only safety and accessibility, but inspiration and transformation. Avery is passionate about yoga as a tool for social justice as well as inner freedom and healing. Avery is registered with Yoga Alliance as ERYT500 and YACEP and holds a BFA. Learn more at averykalapa.com, on Facebook at Yoga with Avery; on Instagram: Swayvery.

Willamarie Moore is a Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher (CIYT) currently based in Santa Fe. She studied and taught with Patricia Walden in Boston for 15 years before moving to New Mexico, and studies regularly with other Senior Iyengar Yoga teachers around the U.S., as well as with the Iyengars in Pune, India. She is passionate about sharing the approaches, techniques, and philosophy of the Iyengar yoga method, as a way of giving back some of the benefits and riches she’s gained in her own transformative experiences through the practice. Students appreciate Willamarie’s thoughtfully crafted sequences and her emphasis on precision in alignment. Learn more at willamariemoore.com/services/yoga/.

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Schedule Details

Saturday, January 12, 2019

2:00–5:00 PM

Price Options

$55 (plus tax) in advance

$60 (plus tax) at the door on the day of

*Ticket price includes 7.875% NM gross receipts tax and 2.9% PayPal transaction fee.