Yoga Mandir is offering Scholarships to Certified Iyengar Yoga Teachers living outside of Australia. A great opportunity for teachers wanting to continue to develop their teaching and practice. Alan Goode has encouraged and inspired me to look deeper and discover further. Please share with your overseas yoga friends.

Meditation is oneness, when there is no longer time, sex, or country. The moment when, after you have concentrated on doing a pose (or anything else) perfectly, you hold it and then forget everything, not because you want to forget but because you are concentrated: this is meditation.
BKS Iyengar. Sparks of Divinity

‘Lineage’ in yoga refers to the historical succession of knowledge passed from teacher to teacher. A yoga teacher who is held in lineage does not just represent their own individual knowledge, but that of all the teachers who lived before. Lineage passes along understanding that is enriched and shaped by many perspectives, based on authentic foundations that have been tried, tested and developed over thousands of years by many generations.

One of the great riches of Iyengar Yoga is the wealth of knowledge and experience our most senior teachers have to share. These are serious practitioners who inspire us with their lifelong dedication, and who uphold the values and meaning of their art.

At Hamilton Yoga we feel connected by lineage to two such Australian teachers, and through them to the great teachings of BKS Iyengar from Pune, India. Pixie Lillas of Balmain Yoga (Sydney) & Alan Goode of Yoga Mandir (Canberra) run programs for teachers of all levels. We appreciate their great gift of love and commitment to the art and science of yoga.

This weekend I was grateful to be attending a professional development weekend with Pixie Lillas and a group of senior teachers who had travelled from around Australia to be there. Guided by Pixie, we practiced together, and learnt from one another. It is uplifting to be a part of such a philosophically curious and active culture.