Iyengar Yoga Waterland

03/10/2024

Hey local Dutch peeps! I’d like to help you create better photos—please join one of my upcoming workshops. 26 October (some spaces left) or 2 November (sold out, waiting list only)

23/05/2023

Give this one a go at home.

24/12/2022

Happily hanging out for the holidays in this morning’s lesson! Wishing you all the best of the season and hope to see you in 2023!

14/12/2022

No worries! We have floor heating and we’re feeling toasty inside…see you Thursdays at 18.00 and Saturdays at 09.00!

14/12/2022

07/12/2022

È la tua pratica che ti porta i segreti.
Nessun insegnante può darti i segreti. #

29/11/2022

" If you open the armpits, the brain becomes light. You cannot brood or become depressed." - B.K.S.Iyengar

30/10/2022

As you may know, Upward Dog yoga pose is relatively easy, and you may have done it many times. But it has surprising and powerful benefits. The benefits are summarised in the drawing with this post. It’s from the book by the late Dr Shah. Dr Shah was a medical doctor, and Iyengar yoga teacher, who did extensive training with Mr BKS Iyengar. In his book, “Therapeutic Yoga”, Dr Shah says Upward Dog does all this.

1. Tones complete spine and heart. (See light brown line in diagram, and letter H).
2. Expands chest and lungs. (See letter L in diagram).
3. Massages abdominal and pelvic organs. (See letter A and P in diagram).
4. Tones thyroid, adrenals, islets of Langerhans, and go**ds (male & female). (See the letters T, AD, I and G in the diagram.)
5. Strengthens all the joints (blue circles), and muscles (dark brown lines), of upper and lower extremities
6. Reduces fat around the abdomen, arms and legs. (See the yellow lines in the diagram).

FEEL BETTER, LOOK BETTER, & PERFORM BETTER

Even though I (Chris Lalor) have been doing Up Dog for decades, I’m always surprised by how much this yoga asana does.

And every other pose also has a large range of benefits.

It’s no wonder they make you feel better, look better, perform better, and much more.

If you don’t do yoga, getting all these sorts of benefits are just another excellent reason for starting or re-starting yoga.

As Dr Shah’s diagram demonstrates, yoga does so many things that nothing else can do, or it does them better.

So even if you’re doing some walking, running, cycling, gym or Pilates, then I suggest you also include sufficient yoga in your weekly activities. 😍😃🧘🧘

11/09/2022

It doesn’t rain forever and you can rise above the murk of your difficulties. Yoga is a powerful tool to accept what is happening and rise to the occasion.

04/08/2022

Open the doors, open your mind! Join me at this amazing yoga studio—Thursdays at 18.00 and Saturdays at 09.00, even in August!

16/07/2022

Open your chest, open your abdomen, open your mind! Classes Thursdays at 18.00 & Saturdays at 09.00!

06/06/2022

June class update--as I am on holiday in June, I will have a substitute teacher in Broek only on Thursdays 9 & 16, and Saturday 25th. See you back again with my regular schedule starting Saturday 9 July!