Q&A Session with Abhijata Iyengar at Iyengar Yoga London in Maida Vale

Abhijata Sridhar Iyengar visited Iyengar Yoga London on 3rd May 2024 - forty years after her grandfather, BKS Iyengar, opened the first building of the Iyengar Yoga Institute in London (Maida Vale). Teachers and students came to welcome Abhijata, celebrate the forty year anniversary of the Iyengar Yoga London centre and take part in a Q&A session.

Timestamps
00:00:00 A welcome to Abhijata Iyengar on her first visit to Iyengar Yoga London
00:02:50 How Iyengar yoga became established around the world
00:04:35 Relevance of Iyengar yoga in the age of digital technology
00:06:50 Origin and function of the Iyengar yoga certification system
00:09:00 Mentor/mentee relationship
00:11:40 Eating before yoga practice
00:17:02 Future of Iyengar yoga
00:19:33 BKS Iyengar's concerns when he opened RIMYI
00:21:24 Maitri - the quality of friendliness
00:30:28 Mantra, chanting and restrictions placed on BKS Iyengar's teaching in the West
00:33:30 Different yoga systems
00:37:30 Has yoga been colonised
00:41:29 From assessments to a mentor/mentee system
00:46:58 Perfection and alignment
00:50:18 Aparigraha, when need becomes greed
00:53:23 How much to charge for yoga classes
00:56:24 Communicating the benefits of yoga