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What is Iyengar Yoga

Supporting you
Every body has its own limitations. Our Iyengar Yoga classes recognize, challenge and work with these boundaries in a positive manner. Props, such as belts and blocks, support and guide you in achieving the maximum benefits within your own capacity. Helping you to understand and find your own edge and how to take a healthy ‘stroll’ along that personal path.

Safe and steady
The unhurried tempo of our Iyengar Yoga classes allows you to come in and out of poses in a safe and precise manner. Beginners have enough time to find their way into new poses and advanced students will be able to find new and positive challenges in their poses. Creating a practice that is enjoyable and stimulating for body and mind.

Precise practice
In our Iyengar Yoga classes you will get precise alignment instructions, which are for your safety and benefit. Allowing you to fully experience the ideas that guide the individual poses. When the poses are done in a correct way, executed with intelligence and awareness, injuries will be prevented and there will be a free flow of energy and clarity of mind.

Breathing through
Keeping your awareness anchored to the breath, each breath that you take will guide you safely and more deeply into the pose. You will experience how the breath can bring strength or relaxation, stability or flexibility and how to use this ebb and flow of the breath to experience and work the individual poses.

The monthly theme focus
The Iyengar classes work on a monthly theme that breaks down into 4 segments. The main focus of the first quarter of the month will be on standing poses, the second will be on forward extension, the third one back extension and the last week will be pranayama and supportive poses. This allows the student to evolve and grow with the flowing of the monthly cycles. But no worries it is possible to join at any time of the month as each class is still fully rounded in itself. The shifting of the focus will keep you alert and interested and discover new dimensions in your practice.

Testimonials

  • What I love about Pilates is the gentle approach to the exercise programme whilst nevertheless working all your muscles in depth and very efficiently. You can really feel your whole body working and strengthening by the minute.| Ingrid Seidel. |
  • Pilates is addictive!! As a very unfit and exhausted mother of two small children finding time for exercise had been very difficult. When I started Pilates classes I quickly learnt to really enjoy the physical and mental benefits of this amazing program. Pilates challenges my body to become stronger and more flexible and my mind to become more focused and positive.| Danika Rehfisch. |
  • After hearing the story of Pilates from friends in North America, I searched Bangkok for a Pilates instructor for several months. I couldn't have found a better, more focused teacher than Or-Yah. Starting from nothing, she taught me the basics and gave me the confidence I needed to continue on. I noticed improvements in my strength, flexibility and posture after only a few classes. Or-Yah is a great instructor and amazing mentor for anyone interested in improving their physical fitness. Bangkok is very fortunate to have someone so dedicated to teaching the Pilates method.| Scott Miller. |
  • After delivering my second baby I was anxious to quickly get back into shape. I had not exercised throughout my pregnancy due to complications. So when my son was two months old I found Or-Yah and began post-natal yoga sessions. When I felt strong enough we progressed to Pilates. Before pregnancy I had taken other forms of Pilates. I was familiar with some of the poses, but felt challenged by pure Pilates. I quickly learned Or-Yah was an expert at pure Pilates. Not only was she an extremely qualified instructor she was more importantly very supportive. With the eyes of a hawk she watches to ensure your body is in the proper alignment for each pose. There is no chance to be idle; she makes good use of your time. She is always ready to demonstrate each pose and provide detailed explanations. The change in my body was immediate; the focus of her teachings is strengthening your core. Your back and abdominal muscles after pregnancy are taxed and she really helps to work this area. Everyone I know wants to know my secret to getting back in shape. No fad diets or treatments, no surprises just Or-Yah. Constantly motivating she gave me an inner sense to continue attuning my body with my life. I feel more focused and strengthened for the physical and mental rigors of motherhood.Or-Yah really makes an impact on her students by connecting with them.| Kim Buhrman. |
  • Or-yah is a very dedicated instructor who takes her job very seriously. I have had many experiences with private instructors and I can easily say that she has proven herself to be the best. Since injuring my leg I am doing Pilates lessons with Or-yah and the improvement has been tremendous. Or-yah is always encouraging, and alert to anything that is not performed properly. When certain exercises cannot be preformed due to an injury or other factors she immediately finds an alternative. Working with the Pilates equipment has been am amazing experience for me. I have been taking Pilates and Yoga classes with Or-yah for over 2 years, she has guided me through a pregnancy and now through my injury. It is always a pleasure to come to Or-yah for instruction and am always left with a feeling of satisfaction.| Eilat Shoshani. |
  • Pilates is the only exercise program that I have ever done which I actually look forward to and miss when I can't make it to a session - in fact the only problem with Pilates is that it is totally addictive. After three months of fairly regular Pilates sessions, I feel stronger and more flexible, exercises that seemed impossible when I started are suddenly do-able: although Or-Yah never lets us get complacent as there is always a way to make an exercise just that little bit more challenging. As teacher, Or-Yah manages to combine the discipline of a drill sergeant with a sensitive awareness of what the student can manage. You don't get away with much but you thank her for it afterwards.| Sharon Thwaites. |
  • “After studying Pilates, my back id much stronger, I have become more flexible and my posture has improved. I really enjoy learning Pilates with Or-yah who is very experienced and knowledgeable and makes you see that nothing is impossible (except trying to do Pilates laughing!). | Lucienne Hughes. |