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ISSUE NUMBER 26 Iyengar Yoga News No. 26 - Spring 2015 SPRING 2015 1
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4. IYN26 version9.indd 3 17/03/2015 18:41:13 Yogastha Dr. Sameer Kulkarni, a student of yoga Originally written in Marathi and published in a local Pune magazine, “Anubhav”, this article was read out at Geetaji’s birthday convention in December 2014. 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Please visit Eyal’s website for a full Eyal Shifroni has been an Iyengar yoga teacher since version of his article on self-practice: 1985, and is Director of the “Iyengar yoga Center of www.eyalshifroni.com Zichron-Ya’akov”. Eyal is author of: A Chair for Yoga - A complete guide to Iyengar yoga practice with a chair, and is currently working on a follow-up book: Props for Yoga - A guide to Iyengar yoga practice with props. He has translated two of B.K.S. Iyen- Iyengar Yoga News No. 26 - Spring 2015 ,\HQJDU\RJD1HZV1R6SULQJ 39 IYN26 version9.indd 39 17/03/2015 18:41:36 Exploring Paths to Iyengar Yoga – Results of Initial Survey Dr Laura Potts [email protected] ,KDYHORQJEHHQLQWULJXHGE\ZKDWEULQJVSHRSOHWRWKHSUDFWLFHDQGKDYHHQMR\HGOLVWHQLQJWRVWRULHV IURPWHDFKHUVDQGORQJWHUPVWXGHQWV,NQRZ6RZLWKWKHDJUHHPHQWRIWKH(WKLFV&RPPLWWHH, SUHSDUHGDVLPSOHTXHVWLRQQDLUHIRUWKH8.&RQYHQWLRQLQ+DUURJDWH7KHUHVXOWVSUHVHQWHGKHUH DUHIURPWKHUHVSRQGHQWV ZHUHGLVWULEXWHG DUHVSRQVHUDWH WKHFRQYHQWLRQWHQGVWREH DWWHQGHGE\PRUHH[SHULHQFHGVWXGHQWVDQGWHDFKHUVDQGVRWKHUHLVQRVHQVHLQZKLFKWKHVHÀQGLQJV DUHUHSUHVHQWDWLYHEXWWKH\GRRIIHUDYLYLGSLFWXUHRIVRPHRIRXUSDWKVWR,\HQJDU\RJD 0DQ\WKDQNVWR(PPD5DWWHQEXU\DQG&DURO\Q8VKHUIRUVPDUWHQLQJXSP\LQLWLDOSUHVHQWDWLRQRI UHVXOWV :KHQGLG\RXÀUVWFRPHWR,\HQJDU\RJD" )LJXUH Iyengar Yoga News No. 26 - Spring 2015 IYN26 version9.indd 40 17/03/2015 18:41:36 How people found out about Iyengar yoga classes: )LJXUHVKRZVWKHUHVSRQVHVWRWKHTXHVWLRQ +RZGLG\RXHQFRXQWHU\RXUÀUVWFODVV ([SHULHQFHRIWKHÀUVWFODVV 7KHUHVSRQVHVJLYHQXQGHUWKH ¶RWKHUFDWHJRU\·LQFOXGH $QHHGWRUHEDODQFHOLIH $VLDQPXVLFFHQWUH *3 .QHZDQGOLNHGWHDFKHU /RFDO,<FHQWUH 0\PRWKHUZHQWWRFODVVHV 3UHJQDQF\ 6HQWE\SK\VLRWKHUDSLVW 8QLYHUVLW\\RJDVRFLHW\ 5HVSRQGHQWVZHUHDVNHGWRJLYHWKUHHDGMHFWLYHVWRGHVFULEHWKHFODVV5HVSRQVHVWRWKHVHDUHVKRZQ LQWKHZRUGFORXGLQ)LJXUHZKHUHWKRVHZRUGVXVHGPRVWRIWHQDUHODUJHVW )LJXUH Iyengar Yoga News No. 26 - Spring 2015 IYN26 version9.indd 41 17/03/2015 18:41:36 5HVSRQGHQWVZHUHDOVRDVNHGWRJLYHWKUHHZRUGVWRGHVFULEHWKHLUIHHOLQJVDERXWWKHLUÀUVWFODVV 7KHVHDUHVKRZQLQ)LJXUHLQDVLPLODUIRUPDW )LJXUH 7KHUHDVRQVIRUWKHSDWKWR,\HQJDU\RJD )LQDOO\UHVSRQGHQWVZHUHDVNHGWRWLFNDYDULHW\RIUHDVRQVIRUWKHLUSDWKWR,\HQJDU\RJD7KHUHVXOWV DUHVKRZQLQ)LJXUHEHORZ )LJXUH Iyengar Yoga News No. 26 - Spring 2015 IYN26 version9.indd 42 17/03/2015 18:41:37 7KH¶RWKHU·UHDVRQVJLYHQZHUH $QDIÀQLW\ %HWWHUWKDQSUHYLRXVFODVV &KDQFH )RUPHQWDOKHDOWK ,QWHUHVWLQPLQGERG\ZRUN /LJKWRQ Next steps 7RWDNHWKLVUHVHDUFKRQWRWKHQH[WVWDJH,KDYHGHFLGHGWRDVNIRUZULWWHQVWRULHVRQZKDW\RX SHUFHLYHWREHWKHEDFNJURXQGWR\RXUWDNLQJXS,\HQJDU\RJD6HYHUDOSHRSOHZURWHYHU\LQWHUHVWLQJ DFFRXQWVRQWKHEDFNRIWKHTXHVWLRQQDLUHDQGWKLVPHWKRGRORJ\VHHPVWRDOORZPRUHIUHHGRPWRWHOO \RXURZQVWRU\LQ\RXURZQZD\WKDQLVOLNHO\WREHSRVVLEOHLQLQWHUYLHZV$QGRIFRXUVHLW·VHDVLHU WKDQPDNLQJDUUDQJHPHQWVIRULQWHUYLHZVDOWKRXJKLI\RXZRXOGOLNHWRWHOO\RXUVWRU\UDWKHUWKDQ ZULWHGRJHWLQWRXFKDQGZHFDQÀQGVRPHRWKHUPHDQV,I\RXZRXOGOLNHWRZULWHDERXW\RXUSDWK WR,<WKHQSOHDVHZULWHXSWRZRUGVE\WKHHQGRI2FWREHU Iyengar Yoga News No. 26 - Spring 2015 IYN26 version9.indd 43 17/03/2015 18:41:37 Modern Yoga Practice from the Perspective of the Embodied Self: A Study of the Lived Experiences of Iyengar Yoga Practitioners By Barbara Ayala The starting point 7KXVWKHLGHDRIPRYLQJWR/RQGRQZDVERUQDQG 7KHH[SDQVLRQRI\RJDSUDFWLFHLQWKHZHVWHUQ ,VWDUWHGVWXG\LQJD0$LQ$QWKURSRORJ\RI+HDOWK ZRUOGGXULQJWKHODVWGHFDGHVLVDQXQGHQLDEOH DQGWKH%RG\DW*ROGVPLWKV8QLYHUVLW\RI/RQGRQ SKHQRPHQRQ IYN26 version9.indd 44 17/03/2015 18:41:37 WKDWDOORZHGPHWRFROOHFWHPSLULFDOGDWDWKDW “There is something about the practice FRXOGKRQRXUWKHVHQVLEOHDQGOLYHGGLPHQVLRQRI WKHHPERGLHGKXPDQEHLQJ8VLQJDTXDOLWDWLYH that marvels and challenges me. That DSSURDFK,H[SORUHGWKHH[SHULHQFHRIDJURXS is the fact that one has to perform RI,\HQJDU\RJDSUDFWLWLRQHUVLQ&KLOHWKURXJK poses and try to do them the best way LQGHSWKLQWHUYLHZV,FRPELQHGWKLVH[SORUDWLRQ ZLWKP\RZQSDUWLFLSDWLRQLQWKH&KLOHDQ,\HQJDU possible. I feel that is something worth FRPPXQLW\DVD\RJDSUDFWLWLRQHULQFODVVHVZRUN applying to other dimensions of my VKRSVDQGWHDFKHUWUDLQLQJVHVVLRQVGUDZLQJRQ life” (Jacinta, 45 years old). P\HPERGLHGH[SHULHQFHDVDZD\WRXQGHUVWDQG WKHZD\VE\ZKLFKFXOWXUDONQRZOHGJHZDVVKDUHG WKURXJKERGLHVYLD\RJDSUDFWLFHDQGWRJDLQPRUH WKHELRORJLFDOERG\7KLVSUHOLPLQDU\DSSURDFKWR DZDUHQHVVDERXWWKHUROHRIWKHERG\LQWKH WKHUHVHDUFKRQ\RJDZDVHQRXJKWRUHDIÀUPP\ SURFHVVHVRIVHOIWUDQVIRUPDWLRQ PRWLYDWLRQWRVWXG\LWIURPDGLIIHUHQWSHUVSHF WLYH8QOLNHWKHELRPHGLFDOVFLHQFHV,GLGQRW ZDQWWRREMHFWLI\P\REMHFWRIVWXG\E\PHDVXULQJ “Throughout the process I progres- WKHFKDQJHVSURGXFHGLQSDUWLFXODUSK\VLRORJLFDO sively understood each single action. 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