Upcoming Events
Pranayama Basics: 4-week Virtual Series with Birgit Reimer
This series offers the basic techniques of pranayama.
Students new to pranayama are welcome as are ongoing students. It will be an informative, restful and slow paced practice.
The benefits of breath awareness and a regular pranayama practice may include:
deep physical and mental relaxation by balancing the nervous and endocrine systems
strengthened immune system
improved lung capacity and elasticity
better regulated high/low blood pressure
Series runs Thursdays 7:30-8:30pm PDT from August 7-August 28, 2025.
Sessions will be recorded and available to all registrants after the class for 2 weeks.
This series is offered VIRTUALLY ONLY.
Single Day sign up is available for this course.
To register for a single day, please go to the schedule page on the day you’d like to attend, and register there.
Take Care of Your Stamina & Strength: 3 - week series with Miri Aloni Rivlin
There are myriad styles of yoga which could be viewed as separate, but yoga is one.
According to Patanjali in Sutra I.43 yoga is an opportunity to build healthy intelligent memories, and let go of old memories.
In this series we will stimulate the heart as well as improve stamina, concentration and coordination through Surya Namaskar (sun salutations).
We will focus on poses that build muscle strength, improve cardiovascular resilience and develop mindfulness to the different qualities of practice, both stimulating and calming. Iyengar yoga is not only to address illness and injury, but to nourish all the layers of the body. Expect jumping and strong arm and leg work.
This series is good for those who enjoy a faster pace class with jumping and like to be challenged. Not appropriate for beginners or those with health concerns or injuries.
This series is hybrid. It is offered both in person at CYC and virtually. Single session drop-in not allowed for this series.
The Art of Iyengar yoga - The Gunas – “Everything, Everywhere, All at Once” – the inherent quality of things with Naomi Hiller Reynolds
In this session of the Immersion Study Group, Naomi explores the three Gunas and how their inherent qualities shape every asana, our practice, and our lives.
The three Gunas are present in all things, Tamas, Rajas and Sattva. You may be familiar with them as inertia, activity and evenness or balance. Explore how each asana has an inherent quality of its own and how we can use this to bring about change in ourselves, our practice and our lives.
This session will focus on:
- Philosophy – The Gunas: Tamas, Rajas, Sattva
- Family of Asana – Back extensions
- Anatomy – Nervous system – CNS vs. PNS; Sympathetic vs Parasympathetic
- Pranayama – Viloma
- Chanting - Gayatrii Mantra
Future Dates - mark your calendars!
Sunday 9/14 Purusa and Prakrti
Saturday 10/18 Pranayama with guest teacher Victoria Austin
Sunday 11/16 Asthanga Yoga
This course is offered in-person only
Taming the Mind through Yoga with Marla Apt
Senior Iyengar instructor Marla Apt will be teaching Taming the Mind Through Yoga on August 23-24, in person.
This is a special opportunity to explore yoga philosophy and how asana can support mental clarity, physical freedom, and spiritual steadiness. Her teaching style is encouraging and strong to help you go deeper in the asana that you would on your own, whether it’s the standing poses or more challenging poses like back bends or inversions.
You can sign up for the full workshop here or individual Saturday or Sunday session registration.
Saturday Morning - 10.30 am to 1.00 pm PDT
Saturday Afternoon - 2 pm - 4 pm PDT
Sunday Morning - 10.30 - 1.30 pm PDT
This workshop is in person only.
The weekend is broken down into three segments.
Saturday morning Marla will work on the foundations of the asana. This will begin the process of taming the mind.
Saturday afternoon will leverage the newfound focus from the morning to continue drawing the mind to a more stable place, encouraging it to become more quiet.
Sunday we conclude with our last session, a combination of physically stimulating asana with an awareness beyond our bodies into our mind and consciousness.
We encourage Level 1 students to attend. Learning from a senior teacher like Marla can be deeply inspiring, and her clear, concise instruction can help you progress in your practice with confidence.
Single Day sign up is available for this course.
To register for a single day, please go to the schedule page on the day you’d like to attend, and register there.
Yoga for Scoliosis Part 2 with Elise Miller
Elise will present Part II of her internationally acclaimed Yoga for Scoliosis: Part 2 from Friday, July 25 to Sunday, July 27.
Senior Iyengar instructor Elise brings decades of experience and personal insight to her teaching. As someone living with scoliosis, she combines Iyengar Yoga principles with a deep understanding of the emotional and physical challenges one can face. Her focus on breath awareness helps create space, alignment and symmetry in the body and eases discomfort.
You can sign up for the full workshop here or individual Friday, Saturday or Sunday session registration.
Friday, July 25, 3:30 - 6:30pm PDT
Saturday, July 26, 11am - 1:30pm, 3 - 5pm PDT
Sunday July 27, 10:30am - 1:00pm PDT
This workshop is hybrid. It is offered both in person at CYC and virtually.
The first session includes concepts from Part 1: - Review the physical and psychological causes and effects of scoliosis - Identify different patterns of scoliosis - Introduce how to approach yoga for someone with scoliosis The remaining sessions will expand on the groups of poses introduced in
Part 1: standing poses, spinal strengthening and backbends, twists, and supported inversions. Deeper variations and modifications will be introduced to help you build confidence and clarity in your home practice.
You’ll explore:
Poses that support spinal alignment and reduce discomfort
Standing poses to build awareness and stability
Back strengtheners and supported backbends
Twists and inversions adapted for scoliosis
Personalized use of props and adjustments based on your curve pattern
Adjustments and props will be used to assist participants to work with their own specific scoliosis conditions.
This workshop is for students and teachers who have either completed the 10-hour Yoga for Scoliosis Part I or have at least 6 months of training with Elise Miller‘s Yoga for Scoliosis DVD or her book, Yoga for Scoliosis, A Path for Students and Teachers. Also, if you are a continuing student of Iyengar yoga or have been trained by one of Elise’s Yoga for Scoliosis trainers, you may attend. Teachers are encouraged to register their continuing students with scoliosis.
You can sign up for the full workshop here or individual Friday, Saturday or Sunday session registration.
If you missed Part 1, the recording is available for purchase by clicking here.
This will be Elise’s final scoliosis workshop of 2025.
Single Day sign up is available for this course.
To register for a single day, please go to the schedule page on the day you’d like to attend, and register there.