yoga bks iyengar, san francisco Index

"The Iyengar Yoga teacher makes frequent use of different kinds of props in yoga classes. These are objects like blocks, chairs, blankets and belts that help you adjust yourself to the different postures so that you can work in a range of motion that is safe and effective for you. Use of support, force and resistance from props can allow for a pose with more depth and awareness. Learning how to do this will increase your body awareness." - Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco

The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don't go back to sleep. You must ask for what you really want. Don't go back to sleep. People are going back and forth across the doorsill where the two worlds touch. The door is round and open. Don't go back to sleep. Rumi You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees For a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. from "Wild Geese", Mary Oliver As after a wind storm the breast of the sky opens a path of luminous dawn deep, silent, blue -- may my life be free of the past with its net of fog. May a wakening conch sound at the door of this birth. I am waiting. May smudges be erased from the light, may the futile race end, turning me into play. May a love unclinging receive its final value from its own giving self. In this aging current, when I float in the dark and light from bank to bank, may I not glance back to my past acts again and again.

Karl Erb ~ More than 20 Years Experience in Iyengar and other method of hatha and ashtanga yoga in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Our Approach: At the Abode we teach yoga in the tradition of B.K.S. Iyengar, who has developed an innovative approach to classical hatha yoga. Iyengar yoga emphasizes alignment while developing strength, stamina, flexibility and balance.