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B.K.S. Iyengar (September, 2017)
Bobby Clennell, long-time certified Iyengar yoga teacher, shares her thoughts and experiences studying with B. K. S. Iyengar from 23 trips to India beginning in 1976.
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What Is So Special About Iyengar Yoga?
This week the international yoga community said goodbye to B.K.S. Iyengar, a favorite teacher credited with bringing yoga to the Western world. One of his students, Carrie Owerko, a New York yoga teacher, talked about what makes Iyengar yoga so special... (read more)
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Local Sanskrit Scholar on NPR (August 25, 2014)
Fred Smith, Sanskrit scholar from Iowa City, was recently featured on NPR's "On Point" to discuss the life and significance of the great yoga teacher, B. K. S. Iyengar.
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Filling a yoga niche
Studio teaches Iyengar yoga, which often uses props
Press-Citizen, January 6, 2013
Stretch | When Yoga Hurts
The New York Times Blog, July 24, 2010
Yoga
Therapy
John Hopkins Medicine Health Alert, March 6, 2009
Getting
fit, avoiding injury
People
learn new ways to practice yoga safely
Iowa City Press-Citizen,
January 7, 2008
Iyengar: The Ideal Yoga for Athletes?
By Christina Scannapiego | Active.com
Winter 2018-2019 Newsletter
This issue of the Friendship Yoga Newsletter is now online and contains:
- Information on the B.K.S. Iyengar Centenary Celebration
- The new relationship between Friendship Yoga and the Fairweather Lodge shelter house
- Iyengar Yoga goes to the U (of Iowa) by Jenn Bowen
- The pains which are yet to come... by Kathy Gassman
- Lasting Impressions from the 2018 Fall Workshop with Laurie Blakeney
Fall
2015 Newsletter
This
issue of the Friendship Yoga Newsletter is now online and contains reflections
on the life of of B.K.S. Iyengar, an article where Nancy shares some of the
challenges of recovering from having both hips replaced, an introduction
to new yoga teacher Kirsten Brooks,
and more!
Fall 2014 Newsletter
This
issue of the Friendship Yoga Newsletter is now online and contains reflections
on the passing of B.K.S. Iyengar, Iyengar yoga for athletes, suggestions for setting up a home yoga practice, an article on how a student incorporated yoga into a canoe trip, and more!
Spring 2013 Newsletter
This
issue of the Friendship Yoga Newsletter is now online and contains reflections
on teaching yoga by Nancy Footner, information on the forthcoming Prairiewoods
Spring Retreat with Eddy Marks, and comments from students who participated
in the last Prairiewoods Retreat
with Eddy Marks.
Winter 2013 Newsletter
This
issue of the Friendship Yoga Newsletter is now online and contains the following
interesting and informative articles:
From the
Director... - by Nancy Footner
Friendship Yoga celebrates 20th anniversary
Unlocking Our Potential by Robin Ungar
Recent CNN Video Interviews with B.K.S. Iyengar
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Winter 2013 Newsletter
Winter 2010-2011 Newsletter
This
issue of the Friendship Yoga Newsletter is now online and contains the following
interesting and informative articles:
From the
Director... - by Nancy Footner
Why are Iyengar Yoga teachers so demanding? So
darn persnickety?
Film Screening:
The Ultimate Freedom
The Ultimate Freedom, a filmed demonstration by B.K.S. Iyengar
will be shown on Sunday, March 27, 3 - 4p.m. in Meeting Rm A at the Iowa
City Public Library. Come and bring family and friends to view this amazing
lecture and demonstration filmed in Ann Arbor Michigan in 1971.
Who Trained
Your Teacher?
by John Schumacher, Senior Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher
Ageless
Yoga: Priceless - by Judy Hendershot
Ten Years... - by
Liz Smith
Forteen Years... - by
Ellen Buchanan
Fifteen Years... - by
Carol Howard
Every Millimeter
of Movement Counts when the kinesthetic lines of grace are expressed - by
Jane F. Bourgeois, D.C.
Or is that
up? - by Theresa Biancheri
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Winter 2010-2011 Newsletter (379Kb, .pdf format)
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Winter 2009-2010 Newsletter
This
issue of the Friendship Yoga Newsletter is now online and contains the
following interesting and informative articles:
Winter 2008-2009 Newsletter
This
issue of the Friendship Yoga Newsletter is now online and contains the
following interesting and informative articles:
Winter 2007-2008 Newsletter
This
issue of the Friendship Yoga Newsletter is now online and contains the
following interesting and informative articles:
From the
Director... - by Nancy Footner
“In The Struggle Alone There Is Knowledge” - B.K.S. Iyengar
Standing
Still - by Jen Dutton
Today Was
A Great Day - by Jane Chalmers
Flash! Sutras
Class In The Making! - More information
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Winter 2007-2008 Newsletter (337Kb, .pdf format)
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Spring 2007 Newsletter
This issue of the Friendship Yoga Newsletter is now online and contains the following interesting and informative articles:
From the Director... - by Nancy Footner
Here and Now - by Jen Dutton
Writer's Pose - by Amy Belk
Staying with What is Difficult - by Carol Tyx
The Next Generation - by Abbey Lawrence
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Fall-Winter 2006 Newsletter
This issue of the Friendship Yoga Newsletter is now online and contains the following interesting and informative articles:
Why Do We Practice Iyengar Yoga?
- by Nancy Footner
Approaching our first (Yoga) decade... together
- by Sue Lind & Lauren Lawrence
My Life With a Dog - by Jen Dutton
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Spring 2006 Newsletter
This issue of the Friendship Yoga Newsletter is now online and contains the following interesting and informative articles:
From The Director: Yoga and Your Life
- by Nancy Footner
From the West Bank to
the Eastside Yoga
Studio
- by Sarah McDonald
The Cruelist Month - by Jen Dutton
A Quiet Space - by Hilary Buri
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Winter 2005 Newsletter
This issue of the Friendship Yoga Newsletter is now online and contains the following interesting and informative articles:
From The Director - (Notes on Yoga Intensive with Mr. Iyengar in Estes Park, Colorado) - by Nancy Footner
2005 Fall Retreat
- by Linzee McCray
Up-da Sirsasana- - by Jen Dutton
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Spring 2005 Newsletter
This issue of the Friendship Yoga Newsletter is now online and contains the following interesting and informative articles:
Chanting the Invocation - by Nancy Footner
A Brief Overview of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
- by Nancy Footner
Triangles - by Jen Dutton
Remembering Theresa - by Nancy Footner
What is it like to attend a weekend Yoga Intensive?
- by Theresa Carbrey
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Winter 2004/5 Newsletter
This issue of the Friendship Yoga Newsletter is now online and contains the following interesting and informative articles:
How I Spent My Summer Vacation - by Nancy Footner
(About) Facing the Camel - by Jen Dutton
First Person - by Ellen Buchanan
Maitri Yoga Education Fund - by Nancy Footner
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Spring
2004 Newsletter
This issue of the Friendship Yoga Newsletter is available online and contains the following articles:
Friendship
Yoga is 11 years old! - by Nancy Footner
What
makes an Iyengar Yoga teacher unique?
Healing
from Injury with Yoga - by Theresa Carbrey
Experiencing
Yoga Through Pregnancy - by Jen Dutton
A
Single Stretch - by Steve Bender
How
to Set up a Home Practice - by Nancy Footner
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Spring Issue 2004 Newsletter (1.09MB, .pdf format)
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