LEVEL 1 David began studying Iyengar Yoga in 2006 and has been teaching since 2019. His teachers have been Dmitri Shapira (mentor), Wendy Barranello, and Richard Jonas (in memoriam). Current teachers include Bobby Clennell, Brooke Myers and Lucienne Vidah. In September 2021, he received his Level 1 certification from the Iyengar Yoga National Association of […]
LEVEL 1 Yuval discovered yoga in 1995 while training in acting at Boston University. He started teaching yoga in 2007 and has been a Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher since 2022. He found Iyengar Yoga while taking classes with Mary Dunn and continues to study with his main teachers Tori Milner and James Murphy. Since 2020 […]
Level 1 Lisa Kazmer has been a Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher since 2021 and teaching yoga since 2006. Lisa has lived internationally in both Hong Kong and Singapore, teaching yoga while her husband’s job brought them overseas for three years. She has made numerous trips to India to study Yoga and attended two yoganusasanam conventions […]
LEVEL 1 Meg Walsh-Sinkel has been practicing and studying yoga since 2001 Initially, yoga was a refuge from Meg’s demanding lifestyle as a Senior Vice President for a major Fashion Brand. In 2005, she bade farewell to the fashion industry and dove deeply in to the studies of yoga primarily in the Vinyasa / Ashtanga […]
LEVEL 1 Liza has been studying yoga since 1991, and teaching yoga since 1999. She was first introduced to yoga when she was a student at The School of Visual Arts in NYC, where she was studying fine arts. She explored many styles of yoga before committing to the studying of Iyengar Yoga in 2003. […]
LEVEL 2 Lena found her way to yoga a decade ago when looking for a physical discipline that was rigorous and integrated body and mind. When she took her first Iyengar Yoga class, Lena fell in love with a practice that demanded focus, fullness of effort and sensitivity of expression. Through the years, yoga has […]
LEVEL 2 Deidra Demens was introduced to Yoga in 2004. While studying at The Theatre School at DePaul University in Chicago Illinois, Deidra explored various styles of Yoga, movement and breathing exercises as creative ways of expression. Upon graduating, Deidra moved to New York to follow her dream of becoming a theatre artist. Between shows […]
LEVEL 2 Santiago is a certified Iyengar Teacher of Argentinean nationality. He received his first training certification from Charlottesville Yoga School in 2011 and has taught group classes for reputable studios in Virginia, DC and New York. His teaching style highlights precision, self-awareness and good humor. Santiago is a close student and apprentice of senior […]
LEVEL 1 Norma Colón has been studying and teaching yoga for 40 years, Iyengar Yoga since 1987. Everything about this transformative method suits her. She is extremely grateful for the extraordinary blessing that Iyengar Yoga is in her life. Norma’s style of teaching is a synthesis of strong encouragement and nurturing support. She enjoys helping […]
LEVEL 1 Mimi has been teaching since 2011, after having completed the Teacher Training in NY, led by James Murphy. She studied in Pune in 2012 (when Mr. Iyengar was still occasionally teaching; an unforgettable experience) and 2014 (for the Intensive taught by Geeta Iyengar) and 2017. She plans to keep going to ‘the source’ […]
LEVEL 1 Brooklynite Dan Shuman began practicing yoga in 2004, and teaching in 2009. He completed the Iyengar Yoga Association of Greater New York Teacher Training Program in 2015, and became certified at Intro I/II in September 2016. He initially took to yoga as a way to recuperate from running, but found an infinitely vast […]
LEVEL 1 Rachel began practicing yoga in 1999 after graduating with a BFA in Dance from Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, WA. She started teaching yoga in 2004 and found the Iyengar method in 2007. Her first teachers were Genny Kapuler and Tori Milner. Rachel was initially inspired by the precision, depth and […]
LEVEL 2 Sharon Cotugno started her yoga journey in 2000. After practicing a variety of yoga styles, Sharon’s true inspiration began when she met Lisa Rotell who introduced her to Iyengar Yoga. Sharon began practicing at the Iyengar Institute of New York under the tutelage of James Murphy and Tori Milner, and achieved her Iyengar […]
LEVEL 1 Hector-Jairo Martinez is a Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher based in New York City and a faculties member of the Iyengar Yoga Assocation of Greater New York. They say, “Yoga philosophy presents us with a timeless wisdom, and the yogic practices bring this wisdom to life. It creates a refuge within ourselves that allows […]
LEVEL 2 Nil has been teaching yoga since 2007. She got certified as an Iyengar Yoga Teacher in 2014. She continues her studies with her teachers James Murphy and Lara Warren in New York. Also she travels to India often to study with the Iyengar family in RIMYI. She is a faculty teacher at The […]
LEVEL 3 Lara Warren is a is certified as a Senior Intermediate Iyengar teacher who has taught yoga in New York and worldwide since 1989. She started her practice of yoga in 1981 at the age of 13 while living in the United Kingdom. When she moved to New York in 1989, she started formally […]
LEVEL 1 Adam currently teaches at the Iyengar Yoga Institute of New York and PURE Yoga studios in New York City. In January 2009, Adam concluded a month of study with the Iyengars at the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute in Pune, India. Adam found Iyengar Yoga while searching for rehabilitation after being struck by […]
LEVEL 3 Lucienne was introduced to Iyengar Yoga in 1984 while she was studying for her BFA in modern dance in her native Amsterdam. She moved to NYC and completed the teacher training in 2006 under the guidance of Mary Dunn and James Murphy. Since 2004, she has made regular trips to Pune to study […]
LEVEL 2 Susan Turis began practicing yoga in 1999 and teaching in 2001. Senior Teacher Mary Dunn was her first Iyengar Yoga teacher and became her mentor. Susan has been an assistant to Carrie Owerko since 2005 and currently studies and apprentices under Senior Teacher James Murphy and Brooke Meyers in the Specific Needs classes […]
LEVEL 2 Dmitri began practicing Iyengar Yoga in 1994. In 2003 he completed a two year teacher training program at the Iyengar Yoga Institute of New York and was initially certified to teach by IYNAUS in 2006. His teacher is the late Mary Dunn whom he assisted for several years. He regularly travels to India, […]
LEVEL 2 Sarah started studying Iyengar Yoga in 1992 with Brooke Myers and Kevin Gardiner. She went on to study with Senior Teacher Mary Dunn, who was her mentor through her Introductory level assessments. Mary Dunn and Senior Teacher James Murphy conducted Sarah’s Teacher Training at the Iyengar Yoga Institute of New York. She began […]
LEVEL 1 Originally from Ahmedabad, in the state of Gujarat, India, Kavi began his personal yoga practice at 10 under his grandfather’s tutelage. Since 2002, drawn to the in-depth integration of science, art and philosophy in Iyengar Yoga, Kavi began studying and later teaching it. A graduate of the Teacher Training program at the Iyengar […]
LEVEL 3 Brooke Myers has studied yoga since 1973 and taught Iyengar Yoga since 1987. She has trained many times in India with the Iyengar family. Her primary teachers are Geeta Iyengar and the late Mary Dunn. Brooke’s social conscience informs her teaching. “Yoga should be for everyone,” she says. “We have to make a […]
LEVEL 4 James Murphy began practicing yoga in 1988 and has taught since 1990. He has made ten extended trips to India to study with B.K.S. Iyengar and Prashant and Geeta Iyengar. James began his study of Iyengar Yoga with Mary Dunn and Kevin Gardiner after a ten-year career with the Alwin Nikolais Dance Theater. […]
LEVEL 2 Tzahi discovered yoga early in his acting career, between rehearsals. When a friend urged him to take an Iyengar Yoga class, he was struck by its effects on his body and mind. “It was a perfect fit,” he remembers. After completing the two-year Teacher Training program at the Iyengar Yoga Institute of New […]
LEVEL 3 Tori Milner began her studies of Iyengar Yoga in 1996 and began teaching in 2001. She has taken five extended trips to study with the Iyengar’s in Pune. A student of the late Mary Dunn, Tori maintains Mary as an inspiration and continues her studies with senior teachers in the method. A former […]
LEVEL 2 Hugh has studied Iyengar Yoga since 1991 and began teaching in 1997. He has traveled to the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute in Pune, India for two extended stays in order to study with the Iyengar family. He began his studies with Mary Dunn and Manouso Manos. Since 2001, he has traveled regularly […]
LEVEL 3 Michelle has practiced Iyengar Yoga since 1994 and has been teaching since 2001. She made her first of several visits to Pune to study with the Iyengar family in 2005. She has studied primarily with the late Mary Dunn and with Judy Brick Freedman. Michelle began ballet training at the age of eight […]
LEVEL 2 Eve was introduced to Iyengar Yoga in 1992 while studying at the British American Drama Academy in London, when an Iyengar Yoga teacher stepped in to sub a class. Grateful for the relief from chronic back pain, Eve grew to appreciate the insight yoga offers into links between physical, mental and emotional patterns […]
LEVEL 1 Debby Green has been practicing Iyengar Yoga since 1996. She came to yoga after 30 years of ballet and 20 years as a competitive ballroom dancer, seeking a different way to be in the body. “When I first encountered Iyengar Yoga, I recognized how profound it is, but I did not yet realize […]
LEVEL 3 Matt began the practice of Iyengar Yoga in 1994 while a student at the Juilliard School of Music in New York City, studying primarily with Mary Dunn. He practiced seriously while working as a double bassist around the United States, Europe and Asia. Matt began teaching Yoga in 1999, originally to fellow members […]
LEVEL 3 Bobby’s study of Iyengar Yoga began in 1972 in the UK—as did a 20-year career in cartoon animation. She was certified to teach by B.K.S. Iyengar in 1977, and has made subsequent trips to Pune at one to two years intervals ever since. She considers herself blessed to have studied directly with B.K.S. […]
LEVEL 3 Carolyn has practiced yoga since 1988. She was introduced to both yoga and the Buddhist dharma while living in Thailand serving in the Peace Corps, 1987-89. On her way home from Thailand, Carolyn traveled to India to learn more about the land in which both Buddhism and yoga originated. She continues to return […]
LEVEL 1 Kevin Allen has studied Iyengar Yoga since 2006. He first started practicing on his own as a New Year’s resolution, but after a few months, decided to seek formal instruction. That instruction came from fellow institute faculties member Jeff Logan and Association Executive Director Emeritus Ann McDermott-Kave. Like many new students, Kevin began […]
LEVEL 3 Naghmeh began studying yoga in 1999 with James Murphy and Kevin Gardiner. She has been blessed to study with Geetaji Iyengar on several occasions at conventions worldwide, and returns to RIMYI regularly to study with the Iyengar family. Naghmeh has taught since 2002, having completed the teacher training program at the Iyengar Yoga […]
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