Workshops & Events
Postures and Philosophy
Saturday, March 15, 2025
1:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Asanas not only have the potential to create physical health and well-being, they have the potential to evolve us into the highest possible versions of ourselves. This workshop is designed to help you go beyond the “byproduct” of yoga postures and know the phenomenal “main product” that involves living with skill and harmony in any situation. Yoga philosophy has clear and precise instructions for how to a mere posture into a “seat” of sublimity. Register today! Postures and Philosophy registration.
Join the Center for Iyengar Yoga and Thrive Yoga community for a once-in-a-lifetime journey to the “World Capital of Yoga:” Rishikesh India, and the Himalaya Mountains. Known not only for their towering and majestic beauty, but also for the profound spiritual energy they contain from all the saints, sages and seers whose profound practices and presences have graced these peaks. Ecologically, the Himalayas are regarded as one of nature’s true miracles. Spiritually they represent the ultimate transcendent possibilities for a sincere seeker who wishes to grow and progress on his or her journey to the ultimate. Christopher Briney, CFIY Director, Level III CIYT, and C-IAYT will co-lead this retreat in partnership with his “spiritual brother,” Transcendental Meditation teacher, Certified Hot Yoga instructor, and Owner of Thrive Hot Yoga studios, Ian O’Laughlin. Together, they will provide inspiring guidance and access to the deepest dimensions of this journey into the ultimate human possibility of Enlightenment.
Join Christopher and Ian at Thrive Yoga in Troy (2559 Livernois Road, Troy, MI, 48084) at 6:00 p.m. on March 8th, 2025 for an information session to help you explore the personal growth and well-being that awaits you on this adventure!
Inspire yourself by viewing the full trip details here: “Awaken in the Himalayas” Retreat Info Pack.
PAST EVENTS:
November 28th
9:00 - 10:30 a.m.*
Join us for our annual, all-levels Thanksgiving Day class, exploring gratitude and the many ways it can multiply in the embodiment! This class will focus on dynamic postures that stimulate the region of the gastric fire, such as twistings, abdominal postures, and inversions. More importantly, it will facilitate inquiry into certain fundamental aspects of gratitude, and the way in which postures can help us to evolve this powerful marker of mental and spiritual well-being.
*Please note, this is a special class in addition to, but not as a replacement for, our regularly scheduled weekly classes. The class fee is $25 for registered students, $30 for drop-in students. To register, please click here: 2024 Thanksgiving Day Class
Equip Your Home Yoga Practice
With Props Hand-Picked by our Director
The Center for Iyengar Yoga is pleased to announce that we now have a full supply of yoga props available to support our students' home practices. These props were carefully researched by CFIY Director, Christopher Briney to obtain the best possible products at the fairest prices. We now have a full selection of props available, including:
Round Yoga Bolsters
Pune Style Blankets
Iyengar Yoga Belts
Backless Yoga Chairs
Mexican Style Blankets
and more.
For inquiries, please email: CFIY Prop Sale
For Pricing: Please view this document: Yoga Prop Price List
B.K.S. Iyengar--hailed as "the Michelangelo of yoga" (BBC) and considered by many to be one of the most important yoga masters--has spent much of his life introducing the modern world to the ancient practice of yoga. Yoga's popularity is soaring, but its widespread acceptance as an exercise for physical fitness and the recognition of its health benefits have not been matched by an understanding of the emotional, intellectual, and spiritual development that the yogic tradition can also offer. In Light on Life, B.K.S. Iyengar brings readers this new and more complete understanding of the yogic journey.
Here Iyengar explores the yogic goal to integrate the different parts of the self (body, emotions, mind, and soul), the role that the yoga postures and breathing techniques play in our search for wholeness, the external and internal obstacles that keep us from progressing along the path, and how yoga can transform our lives and help us to live in harmony with the world around us. For the first time, Iyengar uses stories from his own life, humor, and examples from modern culture to illustrate the profound gifts that yoga offers. Written with the depth of this sage's great wisdom, Light on Life is the culmination of a master's spiritual genius, a treasured companion to his seminal Light on Yoga.
(Review from Amazon.com)
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