Yoga teaches us to look within to examine our tendencies, particularly those that reinforce the idea of a separate self identified with external and transient characteristics. In an effort to help members along on this introspective journey, a journey essential to making the Iyengar yoga community open and welcoming to all, we created a guide and resource workbook. You can find it here and in the member benefits area of the IYNAUS website. Welcome and Belonging Workbook We will invite our community members to review the Welcome and Belonging Best Practices Resource Guide and Workbook, whether it’s your first time with it or if you attended our kick-off event and have reviewed and used it many times.

Join us for our Yoga Equity Workshop: CREATING SAFER SPACES: LGBTQIA+ Inclusion in Yoga & Beyond on November 16, 4:00 p.m.– 6:00 p.m. ET. Every time we take a class, study, or step onto our yoga mat to practice, we renew our connection to the wisdom of yoga and to our lineage. This connection supports…

Please join the IYNAUS Yoga Equity Committee for an event to launch our Welcome and Belonging Best Practices Workbook. During this virtual event, we will introduce the workbook and review some workbook questions and practices. Equity and inclusion work is multilayered and can often feel overwhelming. It can be hard to know what to do when…

Join us for our Yoga Equity Workshop: Breaking Down Barriers on Sep. 29, 4:00 p.m.– 6:00 p.m. EDT. Let’s learn how to create a safe and inclusive environment. We’ll discuss dismantling oppression in the yoga community and how to support People of the Global Majority in our classes and other spaces. We are excited to…

Dear Friends in Yoga, Please join us on March 2, 12–1:30 p.m. PST / 3–4:30 p.m. EST, for a special event featuring Linda Villarosa discussing her book, “Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on Health in America.” Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, the book shows the forces in American society that cause Black…

Join us for our Yoga Equity Workshop: Breaking Down Barriers, Feb. 10, 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. PST; 1–2:30 p.m. CST; 2–4:30 p.m. EST. Every time we take a class, study, or step onto our yoga mat to practice, we renew our connection to the wisdom of yoga and to our lineage. This connection supports and calls us…

The Yoga Equity Committee is delighted to present Making Iyengar Yoga More Welcoming and Inclusive with Ryan McGraw and Matthew Sanford. Ryan McGraw and Matthew Sanford share their firsthand experience with disabilities and being Iyengar Yoga students. They will offer insights for making yoga studios and classes more welcoming to students of all levels of…

Join us for our Yoga & Equity Symposium “Embracing Yoga’s Roots” on Nov. 12, 12 – 4 p.m. ET. Every time we take a class, study, or step onto our yoga mat for practice, we renew our connection to the wisdom of yoga and our lineage. It is this connection that supports and calls us…

Join The IYNAUS Yoga & Equity Committee for the Symposium: Forging Connections: Lessons from the Second Tuesday Race forum of Denver An interactive session with Harold Fields and Dena Samuels, PhD Saturday, October 15, 2022, 2:00 – 4:30 pm EST Yoga is often presented to beginners as physical postures. These physical postures are the gateway…

Join us for our first gathering about teaching Iyengar Yoga within the criminal/legal system: a facilitated conversation on Sunday, April 24, from 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm. We will feature the experiences of teachers already teaching in these settings, then open the discussion more widely to explore ways IYNAUS can help support and connect those…