When I was growing up, my grandmother, one of the first Iyengar yoga students in SA, had a pile of yoga props in her spare room. I remember making dangerous obstacle courses with the bricks and bolsters and dangling upside down from the ropes on the wall. As a teenager I quickly learnt to ask my dad if I could go out that weekend after he had come back from yoga. 

 My own Iyengar Yoga practise started in 2000 with senior teacher Carol Frances in Newlands, as part of my rehabilitation from a Vesper accident that shattered the bones in my leg. I was the youngest person in the class then, but over the last 20 years Iyengar yoga has become more popular with young people all around the world, I think because it really makes a lot of sense. The“old ladies” of the naughties are all in their 80’s and 90’s now and they are still practicing their yoga – it’s been a privilege to grow into an adult with them in my yoga community and it’s really amazing to see it truly is a lifelong companion.

 Iyengar yoga appeals to my love of straight lines and elegant shapes and I find the more I learn about it the more interesting it becomes. I really appreciate the way using props can allow one to feel the joy of a correct pose practised without strain.

 I believe that yoga classes should be compulsory and that the answer to the question “should I go to yoga?”  is always YES!. I love teaching yoga – it makes me happy. Yoga can complement and improve your life no matter who you are or what you do. 

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