Iyengar Yoga

Pros

• I’m soooo glad I started my yoga journey with iyengar. I feel like it set me up for my yoga life in terms of understanding the foundations of asana.
• Iyengar’s focus on teaching alignment makes it a fantastic beginner choice. I started there kind of by accident, not having done any research when I first started. It served as a great foundation.
• I really love Iyengar because it focuses a lot on alignment cueing. I loved this as a beginner and still love it as someone who is more experienced!
• You might want to consider Ashtanga and/or Iyengar, where hands-on adjustments are still going strong.
• Restorative and yin yogas especially. Pranayama and breathwork. Even Iyengar.

Cons

• I went through similar conversations about Iyengar. My conclusion: You cannot participate in a system of abuse without perpetuating abuse.
• Iyengar is workshopping, vinyasa is play/ creativity, ashtanga is the final “let’s see the progress of my practice”
• My classes in India were similar to the ones I took in the west. Iyengar both places.
• We finally got 1 ashtanga studio…and no iyengar…
• I find Iyengar to be a little boring (harder for me to get out of my head!), so my studio’s Slow Flow is a better choice for me than a pure Iyengar