Iyengar Yoga Centrum Oosterhout en Breda

25/05/2026

25/05/2026

18/05/2026

You are standing.
But are you ascending?

In yoga, standing upright is not the same as lifting from within.

Geetaji described an invisible string tied to the crown of the head, meeting the ceiling, creating a median line from the a**s to the apex.

This is not a picture of “good posture.”
It is a practice of inner ascent.

A practice of finding inner space.
A practice of making sure the internal walls of the body do not drop — even when the eyes are closed.

This is where practice becomes more subtle.
The body may appear still from the outside.
But inside, something must continue to rise.

From the base to the top.
Not by stiffness.
Not by posing.
Not by forcing the chest upward.
But by climbing that inner line.

Geetaji’s teaching is precise: the work is not only to stand.

The work is to ascend.
And this is why stillness is not passive.

Sometimes it takes more energy to sit or stand correctly than to move.
Because gravity is always asking the body to fall inward, collapse, or drop.

Practice asks something else:
Can you remain lifted?
Can you preserve inner space?
Can you keep the internal walls from falling?

This changes how we understand standing poses, seated poses, and even simple upright posture.

Not:
“Am I tall enough?”

But:
“Am I rising from within?”

💬 When you stand in a pose, do you feel only the outer shape — or an inner ascent?

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18/05/2026

15/05/2026

Most people stand on their feet all day and have never actually thought about them.

In Iyengar yoga, the foot is where everything begins. We spend whole sequences just on this — spreading the toes, pressing the inner heel, lifting the inner arch. This is exactly what Dr. Geeta Iyengar was illustrating during our teacher development session in Perth, 2003.

If you look at the image, you'll see how what the foot does determines what the knee, hip, and spine do. Everything is connected. But the chain starts at the ground.

Iyengar yoga works this way — precise, sequential, prop-supported. You don't just do a pose.
You understand what the pose is asking for, and you build it from the ground up.
It changes how you walk out of class. Sometimes, after a few weeks, how you walk everywhere.

If you've been curious about this kind of practice, your first class at North Perth Yoga Room is complimentary. We have Foundations and Developing classes throughout the week.

Photo: thanks to Pic Tim

09/05/2026

A second tribute to David Attenborough, who turned 100 yesterday.

In 1963, David Attenborough worked with violinist Yehudi Menuhin on the BBC documentary Yehudi Menuhin and his Guru. The film featured Menuhin’s teacher, B.K.S. Iyengar, and offered a rare glimpse of yoga on British television at that time.

The image above is a still from the BBC programme, later featured on the cover of 2023 Dipika magazine for Simon Crisp’s article, Rediscovering B.K.S. Iyengar on the BBC after Sixty Years.

📖 Dipika editor:
📷 Image courtesy of the

07/05/2026

“The practice of yogasana for the sake of health, to keep fit, or to maintain flexibility is the external practice of yoga. While this is a legitimate place to begin, it is not the end… Even in simple asanas, one is experiencing the three levels of quest: the external quest, which brings firmness of the body; the internal quest, which brings steadiness of intelligence; and the innermost quest, which brings benevolence of spirit.” -
B.K.S. Iyengar

Begin with the body. Stay for the deeper work.