Upcoming Events
Practice for Emotional Stability - 3-Part Series with Naomi Hiller Reynolds
According to a Harvard Health Digest review, up to 90% of all doctor visits can be attributed to stress-related complaints. Because the body, mind and breath are so intimately connected by our nervous system, when thoughts, feelings and emotions dominate our daily life, this has an impact on all of our physical systems; digestive, respiratory, endocrine, musculoskeletal and nervous to name a few.
This series is for anybody wanting to learn how to support, improve and/or manage their overall health with a focus on the mind and emotions. By practicing asana, various positions and actions help us move our awareness away from hyper-kinetic mental states and towards body and breath awareness. This process creates the tools and habits needed for emotional health.
You will learn to:
Be more aware of the tension you hold in your body
Use asana and breathing to notice and develop helpful mind states
Tailor specific asana and breathing techniques to manage your unique situation/condition
Cultivate a feeling of spaciousness - in the body, the mind and the breath
This series is for anyone looking to:
Manage stress, anxiety, or depression
Build emotional resilience and intelligence
Ease tension from chronic conditions like IBS, high blood pressure, headaches, or general unease
Cultivate a sense of calm, focus, and well-being
Improve overall health
Conditions that you may be experiencing include: depression, anxiety, GAD, IBS, headaches/migraines, high blood pressure, hypertension or just a general sense of unease or fear.
Schedule:
Each session will focus on a different sequence and group of asana to support your practice and healing. You can sign up individually or for all three workshops.
Saturday, September 13 from 1:00-3:30 pm - supported standing asana & supported inversions
Sunday, October 19 from 11:00am-1:30pm - Supported forwards bends & supported inversions
Saturday, November 15 from 1:00pm- 3:30 pm - Supported back extensions & supported inversions
Cost: $150 for entire series and $60 drop in
This series is in person and online.
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.
The Art of Iyengar Yoga - Immersion Study Group: “Purusa & Prakriti: The Eternal and the Transient” with Naomi Hiller Reynolds
“Purusa & Prakriti: The Eternal and the Transient”
Known as unchanging and pure consciousness, Purusa is synonymous with the divine. Prakriti, on the other hand, is associated with the dynamic, material world of change.
Join the group for a lively discussion of these concepts.
This session will focus on:
Philosophy – Purusa & Prakriti
Family of asana – Arm balancing and inversions
Anatomy - Yogic components of consciousness – Manas, Citta, Ahamkara
Bandhas and Beyond - Ingredients of a Traditional Hatha Yoga Practice with Ganesh Balachandran Ph.D.
Is there more to yoga than just poses?
In this special workshop with guest teacher Ganesh Balachandran, Ph.D., you’ll explore the subtle practice of bandhas the internal “locks” used to guide and stabilize the body’s vital energy, or Prana.
Through practical techniques, breathwork, and insights from the Bhagavad Gita and Yoga Sutras, you’ll learn how the bandhas refine your breath, strengthen your core and digestion, calm the mind, and transform your asana practice from physical exercise into deep energetic work.
Whether you’re a dedicated student or a teacher looking to better understand and communicate these concepts, this workshop offers tangible tools to regulate energy, ground the mind, and bring yoga’s deeper wisdom into everyday life.
You will learn:
What Prana is and how it’s described in the Yoga Sutras
Where the bandhas are located in the body
How to activate and apply the bandhas in your practice
How working with Prana and bandhas enhances clarity, focus, and energy flow
Ways to use subtle work to support physical stability and inner awareness
This series is for students who want to:
Explore the deeper, more subtle aspects of yoga
Enhance their asana practice through breath, energy, and focus
Develop awareness of bandhas—no prior experience needed
Gain practical tools for stability, clarity, and inner stillness
Yoga is more than movement; it’s the art of turning inward.
This workshop offers a chance to explore that inward path through subtle but powerful techniques that awaken energy, focus the mind, and refine the breath. Whether you're new to these concepts or looking to deepen your understanding, this is an opportunity to step into the heart of yoga with guidance, clarity, and intention.
Click to learn more about Ganesh and his approach to Bandhas and subtle practice.
September 28th, Sunday 11-1pm.
Cost: $45
This series is hybrid. It is offered both in person at CYC and online.
Sessions will be recorded and available to all registrants after the class for 2 weeks.
Yoga to Relax & Restore with Birgit Reimer
This calming evening series offers a quiet, restorative practice designed to release physical, mental, and emotional tension.
Through gentle stretches and supported poses - mostly on the floor, you’ll learn how to soften the muscles, calm the nervous system, and create space for a deeper connection to breath and mind. As the body relaxes, stress gives way to peace and equanimity, leaving you feeling centered and refreshed.
What You’ll Experience:
Gentle stretches and supported poses to release tension
Techniques to calm the parasympathetic nervous system
Awareness of breath–body–mind connection
A sense of peace, tranquility, and inner harmony
Open to all students seeking a soothing, mindful practice to balance their busy lives.
You’ll need a yoga strap or belt, two blankets or large towels, and a pillow for support.
Sessions are recorded, and all registered students will have access to recordings for two weeks.
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.
The Lifestyle and Destiny of a Yogi: Bhagavad Gita Series with Ganesh Balachandran
Explore the timeless teachings of the Bhagavad Gita in this 4-week series. Through chanting, discussion, and stories from the Mahabharata, Ganesh will guide participants in understanding the qualities of a yogi, the path of selfless action, and the heart of meditation. Open to all sincere students of yoga, no prior study of the Gita or Sanskrit required.
The Bhagavad Gita presents yoga as a complete way of life and a vision of the yogi’s ultimate destiny.
Is the “I” we identify with the body, the mind, or something deeper? Krishna’s teachings in the Gita reveal the true nature of the Self (Ātma) and chart the path toward freedom, clarity, and lasting inner peace.
In this 4-class series, we will study three central chapters of the Gita—Chapters 2, 3, and 6—where Krishna outlines the characteristics of a yogi, the discipline of selfless action, and the transformative power of meditation.
This series is for anyone interested in deepening their yoga practice beyond asana, including both new and experienced students seeking to understand yoga’s philosophical and spiritual foundations.
What You’ll Learn & Explore
Chapter 2 – The Person of Steady Wisdom (Stitha Prajna Lakshanani):
The qualities of one established in wisdom and equanimity
Krishna’s multiple definitions of Yoga
Practical insights for cultivating steadiness in daily life
Chapter 3 – Karma Yoga (The Yoga of Action):
How selfless action becomes a spiritual path
The role of duty, detachment, and contribution in the yogi’s life
Ways to apply Karma Yoga in modern living
Chapter 6 – Dhyana Yoga (The Yoga of Meditation):
The Gita’s essential teachings on meditation practice
How a yogi’s effort carries forward across lifetimes
Why Krishna regards the yogi as greater than all spiritual aspirants and achievers
Classes (online and in-person) are interactive, with chanting of the Sanskrit shlokas in their traditional meters, word-by-word meaning, and discussion of their deeper significance. Stories from the Mahabharata will provide context, and participants will receive electronic slides, recordings, and reference materials.
Learn more about the series and access additional reference materials here: yogasukshma.com.
The Bhagavad Gita is one of the most sacred texts of Hinduism and is revered as a Yoga Shastra, an authoritative scripture on Yoga.
Oct 5, 12(online only), 19, 26
Sundays from 5-6pm
About the Teacher
Ganesh Balachandran, Ph.D., trained as an electrical engineer at Georgia Tech but has dedicated his passion to sharing the wisdom of yoga scriptures. He is the creator of www.yogasukshma.com, a resource used by yoga practitioners worldwide. He has taught numerous courses on the Bhagavad Gita, Yoga Sutras, and the subtler dimensions of asana practice. Learn more about Ganesh here.
Classes are hybrid: all students will receive a Zoom link, even if registered as “in-studio.”
Please note: the October 12th session will be offered online 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.
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
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.
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.