Yoga, as taught in the Iyengar tradition allows a student to progress safely regardless of the initial condition of stiffness and weakness towards greater suppleness and strength. The systematic approach begins by working first with the outermost layers of the body and progressing towards deepening awareness within. Inherent in the method is an understanding of the progression of learning from the surface towards the core. The art of sequencing in the Iyengar method is to progressively build a language of actions in the body and mind.

In this three day workshop with Marla we will be practicing a different category of poses in each class to follow this progression of learning and action. Through this way of working we will gain a deeper understanding of the poses.

Marla enjoys and is capable of teaching mixed levels as she did at Yoga Fitness last Spring so the format will be appropriate for beginners as well as advanced students and teachers. Marla will seek to establish clarity in the basic actions which are inherent in the more challenging practices. To our present individual capacities we can each deepen our understanding of the poses and lay the foundation for further self study.

Based in Los Angeles, Marla holds a Senior Intermediate Iyengar Yoga teaching certificate. She is on the faculty of the Iyengar Association of Southern California’s three year teacher training program and has served as the President of the Iyengar Yoga National Association of the US. She lived for a year in Pune, India where she studied at the Iyengar Yoga Institute and continues to study annually with the Iyengars.>

Marla was highlighted by Yoga Journal Magazine as one of 21 in the next generation of yoga teachers helping to “shape the future of yoga.” She has been involved with medica research studies at UCLA on yoga for depression, anxiety, and IBS and created the first yoga therapy content to be incorporated into the cirriculum of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Marla is a writer contributor for Yoga Journal magazine.

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