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What is Iyengar Yoga? Part 3

Hasu Opa Clark October 27, 2015 Leave a Comment

What is Iyengar Yoga? Part 3

Iyengar yoga is interested in perseverance. In yoga asanas, we find ourselves in a state of discomfort and the question is put to us: what are we going to do about it? Pain is an inescapable aspect of life and yoga teaches us to develop skills to bear pain and go through it, rather than […]

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