  IYENGAR YOGA
BKS Iyengar has studied and practiced yoga for over 70 years. He has devoted a lifetime to systemizing the many ancient yoga poses, devising a unique method relevant and accessible to all. Today Iyengar Yoga, a name given to this system by Iyengar’s senior teachers, not by himself, has become one of the most practiced and respected yoga methods worldwide.
ABOUT US
 Our teachers are regularly taught in Pune, India by the Iyengar family. We are constantly revising and refining our experience and understanding of this ancient art and philosophy in keeping with their high standards, and as adopted by the Iyengar Yoga Association in the UK. Our students can therefore be assured of safe, caring and quality teaching practices at all levels.
Helen Graham
Helen has been teaching Iyengar yoga in Glasgow since 1990 and is the only Senior Iyengar Teacher in Glasgow and the West of Scotland. Starting yoga at 15 while still at school, her interest continued as a student in London, but it was when she experienced her first Iyengar class in 1984 that yoga became a way of life. Helen now teaches beginners and intermediate classes in Glasgow, both on the south side and the west end. She also teaches day and weekend workshops in Glasgow and other cities in Scotland and England. Most recently In Aberdeen , Edinburgh and Manchester. Helen also now travels and teaches outside the UK, most recently in Berlin and Gothenborg. She has also taught in Mumbai, India. In 2010 Helen's schedule includes teacher training in Sweden and teaching a weekend in Helsinki and Berlin. Helen is also the Teacher Trainer in Glasgow. She is currently training a group of 9 trainees, now in their second year of training. She is also an assessor for the IYA (UK) and has assessed teachers at all levels from Introductory to senior. Every year Helen visits the Iyengar Institute in Pune India, attending general classes and helping in the medical classes. September 2010 will be her 15th visit. Helen has been a member of the national committee, IYA(UK) for 6 years and continues to work at the UK national level to promote the development of Iyengar yoga in Scotland. (all photos of Helen on web site courtesy of Tom Yeudall)
Frances McKee
Frances has been practicing Iyengar Yoga for 16 years and teaching for 11 years. During this time she has come to realise the potential of yoga in maintaining and improving health and draws on her experience as a natural nutrition therapist to complement this philosophy. Yoga has given her the strength, patience and endurance to raise her three children. Frances gained her introductory level certificate in 1997 and studied at the Iyengar Yoga Institute in Pune with Prashant and Geeta Iyengar in the same year. In 2008 Frances gained her level 2 junior intermediate certificate.
 Margaret Blythe
Margaret has been practicing Iyengar yoga for 11 years. She has her level II teaching certificate and recently spent five weeks with the Iyengar family in Pune, India, which has strongly influenced her practice and teaching and reaffirmed her belief in the Iyengar method. As a former dancer, fitness enthusiast and media professional Margaret has tried and tested many forms of excercise and believesYoga to be the most complete, promoting both inner and outer body health.
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