Harmony Yoga of Ann Arbor, MI

A film montage of yoga demonstrations by Yogacharya Sri BKS Iyengar over the years. Music: Mere Gurudev. Musicians: Cecily Palzewicz (voice), Mihal Palzewicz (cello), Jarvis Chen (piano). Part of a film tribute to BKS Iyengar shown during his 2005 Light On Life tour of the United States. ...

I started my practice of yoga as a result of my New Year's resolution in 1993. It was a simple resolution -- just to "regularly take a yoga class at the YMCA", since we had just become members of the Ann Arbor YMCA, and I knew that there was a well-respected Iyengar Yoga program there. ...

A continued Happy Holidays to you all!The Holiday classes are going well for the most part, but the December 30, Wed. 6pm class may be canceled since the class is currently too small. Let me ...

Yoga students ask me what yoga books I'd recommend. The following are the books that I've found most helpful in my own study and practice.

As I mentioned in the previous post, last week many of our classes included a standing poses vinyasa routine (a "flow" from one pose to another). Instead of doing a pose on one side, coming ...

Last week many of our classes included a standing poses vinyasa routine (a "flow" from one pose to another). Instead of doing a pose on one side, coming up, and repeating on the second side as we often do in an Iyengar yoga class, we did one pose, moved into another, and another, etc. ...

A couple days ago, my husband David and I went to the memorial service for the husband of someone we know through the meditation group David belongs to. This man died unexpectedly, which was a huge shock to all of us. ...

Classes that are under-enrolled by the day before may be cancelled. I'll contact those of you who are registered if this happens.

My husband helped me make the chairs at Harmony Yoga: He banged out the backs with a sledge hammer and I filed the sharp edges down from the welding spots. The following Youtube ...

In Iyengar Yoga, women are advised not to do certain poses while menstruating. This can be puzzling to many women -- why should it matter what poses we do while we're menstruating? ...

Students sometimes ask me why their muscles quiver or shake when holding certain poses. Usually it's their legs that shake. I've surmised that it was just because they're working ...

I've been having a difficult time figuring out what to write about the Manouso Manos yoga workshop classes at the Ann Arbor YMCA last weekend (Nov. 13 - 15). First of all, it was an absolute treat for me to be able to take all four workshop classes this year. ...

I fully intend to add a post or two about the Manouso Manos Iyengar yoga workshop at the Ann Arbor YMCA that I attended this past weekend, but I'm still processing what I experienced in those classes. ...