Iyengar Yoga Silent Dance Center

Tuesdays with Prashant ✨ August edition

"You have to learn what can not be taught."
~Prashant Iyengar

Our "Tuesdays with Prashant" quote series highlights Prashant Iyengar’s wisdom, insights and teachings on classical yoga.

Today we will celebrate the 10th anniversary of BKS Iyengar's passing.

“Like rain, he touched all of us equally.” -Geetaji

Photo #1 Coni Horler

Happy Guru Purnima ✨

Remembering BKS Iyengar today and everyday
December 14, 1918 - August 20, 2014

“Yoga is like music: the rhythm of the body, the melody of the mind, and the harmony of the soul create the symphony of life.”

Photo by Sandi Jordan. Pune, India circa 1981

Iyengar Yoga is for everybody!

Iyengar Yoga Silent Dance Center is a 501(C)(3) non-profit educational organization.

This year marks our 47th year of teaching Yoga in Honolulu.

Kaimuki has been our yoga hOMe for over 23 years.

We love of neighborhood!

Come discover the joy of Iyengar Yoga!

Photo@wegofilm

Tuesdays with Prashant ✨ July edition

"Using the positivity of your mind, of your intelligence, through Yoga-that is also Yoga."
~Prashant Iyengar

Our "Tuesdays with Prashant" quote series highlights Prashant Iyengar’s wisdom, insights and teachings on classical yoga.

Happy 75th birthday Prashant!

"Though the asanas commence with bodily actions, as maturity blossoms, the asanas go through various stages of psychological, analytical, synthesis-related, discriminative and emotional phases and they become more iconographic and archetypal. These revelations of the asanas unfold and unfurl a great mine of wisdom and understanding.”
– Prashant Iyengar from Discourses on Yoga

photo: Shael Sharma

Tuesdays with Prashant ✨ June edition

"Know that what happens in your progress towards the goal maybe more valuable than than the goal."
~Prashant Iyengar

Our "Tuesdays with Prashant" quote series highlights Prashant Iyengar’s wisdom, insights and teachings on classical yoga.

Thanks to everyone who came out yesterday to support our fundraising restorative yoga and sound bath event. Special thanks to and Marlene Patton for the beautiful sound bath experience.

Happy International Yoga day
June 21, 2024
Every day is a yoga day at IYSDC

“By persistent and sustained practice, anyone and everyone can make the journey and reach the goal of illumination and freedom.” -B.K.S. Iyengar

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Inner Sanctuary in Times of Turbulence:
Restorative Yoga Class with Sound Bath

Led by Gwi-Seok Hong and Marlene Patton

Saturday June 22
4:00–5:30 pm
Suggested Donation: $15–$40

Join us for a special class combining Iyengar Yoga asanas with an immersive sound bath experience. Led by Gwi-Seok Hong, this class will engage participants in supported, recuperative poses accompanied by the beautiful sounds of crystal singing bowls played by Marlene Patton. We will conclude the session with a short vocal toning to support the chakras. We offer this not to deny nor run away from the turbulence of the world, but to nourish ourselves inwardly, so that we can be fully present in all that we do.

This is a fundraiser for Iyengar Yoga Silent Dance Center, a 501(c)(3) non-profit
organization supporting the Iyengar Yoga community in Hawaii since 1977.

Sign up: https://yogahawaii.com/workshops/new

Tuesdays with Prashant ✨ May 2024 edition

"Physical precision is short-lived and doesn’t come handy. Profundity gives maturity and comes handy at every stage of life."
~Prashant Iyengar

Our "Tuesdays with Prashant" quote series highlights Prashant Iyengar’s wisdom, insights and teachings on classical yoga.

Starting soon! Come and try Iyengar Yoga!

Yoga for Athletes
with Laurie Freed

Come discover how Iyengar Yoga can support your whole body! Explore how to use the principles of alignment to balance the muscles and joints. Learn what asanas (poses) help to sharpen focus and concentration. Practice balancing strength and stability with relaxation.

Yoga is an art, a science, and a philosophy. An intelligent yoga practice builds resilience in the body and mind. With awareness, this resilience can help decrease the risk of injury. In this series, you will learn how to move and feel better in your body.

June 3–24
Mondays, 5:30–7:00 pm

⭐️6/3: Asana to strengthen the feet, ankles, and knees

⭐️6/10: Asana to bring strength and health to the legs and hips

⭐️6/17: Asana to strengthen the back and abdominals

⭐️6/24: Asana to bring health and balance to the elbows, shoulders, and neck

All classes end with relaxation and breath work.

4-session series: $120
Single session: $35

No previous yoga experience needed.

Class size is limited and preregistration is required.

Sign up https://yogahawaii.com/workshops/new

Laurie Freed is a Level 2 Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher. Laurie has a special affinity with athletes. She was a competitive gymnast and dancer early in her life. While she is grateful for the rigor and focus that those disciplines gave her, it wasn’t until she started practicing Iyengar yoga that she understood the necessity of working with the body in a more holistic way for a deeper integration of body, breath, and mind.

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Meeting Ae Ja for lunch at the Honolulu Museum of Art (HoMA).

Happy birthday to our teacher Laurie!
Many birthday blessings to you dear teacher ♥️

Remembering our teacher Evelia on her birthday. She brought so much light ✨ and love ♥️ to our Center. We all still miss you. Get on your mat and dedicate your practice to her today!

Tuesdays with Prashant ✨ April 2024 edition

"I said that in practice there are two aspects:one is to learn the poses and the other is to consolidate the poses. Your practice must have two channels"
~Prashant Iyengar

Our "Tuesdays with Prashant" quote series highlights Prashant Iyengar’s wisdom, insights and teachings on classical yoga.

Celebrating Hanuman Jayanti

In this photo:
Jawahar Bangera & Ramanand Patel in Hanumanasana with BKS Iyengar.
Kawailoa Beach, North Shore Oahu, Hawai’i.

Hanuman Jayanti is a Hindu festival that marks the birth of Hanuman, the monkey god known for selfless service and courage.

Hanuman (हनुमान्) is one of the heroes of the Hindu epic the Rāmāyana and he is the embodiment of wisdom (jñāna) and devotion to God (bhakti) as well as courage and fortitude (bālā). He is the force of Yoga that will overpower the ego personified in Ravana and unites Sita, the jiva-atma, with Rama, the param-atma.

BKS Iyengar visited Hawaii and taught at IYSDC in 1987. Hawaii was Guruji’s first stop on a tour of the US en route to the National Iyengar Yoga Convention in Boston.

Thanks to Sandi Jordan and Glenn Kawana for sharing this wonderful photo.

Happy birthday to our teacher Catherine!

Many birthday blessings to you dear teacher ♥️
Sending you a giant "virtual" hug today.

Yoga for Scoliosis starting soon!

Learn how to adapt āsanas to support scoliosis. Many of us have some degree of curvature of the spine. Often, especially when mild, it is often a result of the asymmetric ways we use our bodies in our daily lives. Other times, it is congenital or developed during adolescence. In all cases, Iyengar Yoga can alleviate discomfort, help minimize the curvature, and address possible accompanying conditions (such as hip or shoulder pain).

⭐️ Bring health, balance and healing to the whole body through the therapeutic application of Iyengar Yoga.

⭐️ Gwi-Seok Hong is a senior-level instructor teaching since 2001. She teaches fun, dynamic classes, while specializing in yoga for common ailments (hip/back pain, neck/shoulder pain, knee pain) and women's health. She combines rigor and precision with philosophy to offer a holistic experience of the profound art of yoga.

Yoga for Scoliosis with Gwi-Seok Hong
➡️ Mondays 5:30-7:00 PM
➡️ 3-week series
➡️ April 1, 8, and 15
In-person at our studio
$90

All levels of Iyengar Yoga experience are welcome.
Class size is limited and preregistration is required.

sign up 🔗 in bio.

Photo of in Utthita Parsva Hasta Padangusthasana.

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Tuesdays with Prashant ✨ March 2024 edition

"Something very important in the asana, is that you are not a performer, you are not even doing, you are even not doing, but you are a witness." ~Prashant Iyengar

Our "Tuesdays with Prashant" quote series highlights Prashant Iyengar’s wisdom, insights and teachings on classical yoga.

Ever graceful Jane in a steady vīrabhadrāsana 3.
Inspiring! 🙌 ⚡️ 🔥

Kirtan (Hawaiian Style) with Laurie

Tuesday March 5th
6:30-7:15pm


Please join Laurie Freed as she plays the ukulele and chants simple kirtan mantras.

A kirtan is an ancient Indian call-and-response style song or chant, set to music.
It is a way of narrating, describing or reporting and sharing traditional mantras. Mantras are sacred sound forms that have specific focus and energy. They are meant to guide and protect us.

The key to success in any form of mantra practice is repetition. Chanting as a group brings people together as a community in a way that other forms of yoga do not have. It creates a sense of connection and unity.

Handouts will be provided so that we can chant/play together and create goodwill for all.
Feel free to bring instruments to play along, including your voice.
All are welcome.
For more information and to reserve your space, please email Laurie [email protected]