The Avon Iyengar Yoga Institute invite you to:
Celebrate BKS Iyengar’s Ninety Fourth birthday with a class in his honour
15 December 2.30 – 4 pm
Featuring pose 94 from “The Light on Yoga” by BKS Iyengar
Parsva Halasana
The class will be taught by Edgar Stringer
and is suitable for all levels of Iyengar yoga practitioners
Cost: pay what you want (suggested donation of £5 minimum)
The proceeds from the workshop will be donated to The Bellur Trust – a charitable Trust formed by Mr Iyengar to support reform of the village of Bellur.
Where: Yogawest, Denmark Place, Bishopston, Bristol BS7 8NW, tel: 0117 924 3330. Email: info@yogawest.co.uk
The Bellur Trust
The Bellur Krishnamachar & Seshamma Smaraka Niddhi Trust (BKSSNT) aims at establishing Bellur as a model Indian village through improving educational, medical, social and cultural facilities. It is also focused on improving the general quality of life and supporting a better start for the young people in the community. From this firm foundation, including teaching yoga at schools, a permanent social and economic reform can be achieved.
More information about the Bellur Trust can be found on Mr Iyengar’s website:bksiyengar.com and the Iyengar Yoga Association of The United Kingdom website: www.iyengaryoga.org.uk
Edgar Stringer
Edgar has been teaching Iyengar Yoga for 15 years and holds the Senior Intermediate level 2 Certificate. His Yoga teaching style is lively and creative; he also has a talent for clearly explaining the asanas benefiting his students with deeper understanding of their own practice.
