By Linda Apps “Have you got it?” Her large dark eyes seem to occupy the whole stadium, missing nothing, in spite of her 74 years. “The actions should be melodious and rhythmic,” she says, “like music.” Geeta Iyengar, the second pillar of the Iyengar Yoga community, is teaching backbends at the centenary celebrations for her […]

By Annette van Gent     From time to time, you might have seen The Yoga Nook advertise a type of yoga class called an Iyengar Yoga “led practice”. You might have wondered what this is, how it differs from one of our usual yoga classes, and why you might do this “led practice”. If […]

Who am I? What is the true nature of the Self? These are the questions that have consumed philosophers and yogis for thousands of years.

In 2017 Iyengar Yoga Australia (IYA) protested the scrapping of private health coverage for 16 natural health therapies including yoga, effective from 2019, because we objected to the basis of the decision – namely that there was not enough scientific evidence to show yoga works. The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Review of […]

Well Winter is unequivocally here in Sydney and it sets me to cooking! Here’s a delicious recipe I can recommend from Ottolenghis’s book Plenty. It’s great to have time to cook and nourish ourselves, friends and family. It’s the simple things that make life enjoyable after all!

Last time I went camping I was reading Deep Time Dreaming by Billy Griffiths, in which he explains that deep time is beyond human comprehension. Surrounded by the stillness of the land, I got to thinking – perhaps the deep beauty of nature and the deep humanity of life itself are also beyond the capacity of […]