Welcome to Yoga Vidya.  After 20 years of teaching in large Iyengar Yoga Institutes and Centers, small studios, health clubs, a Vedanta ashram, and rental halls, I am proud to open the doors of my own studio. The studio is fully equipped with Iyengar props: mats, blankets, blocks, belts, ropes, and wooden props. All you need to bring is bare feet, an empty stomach, and a desire to experience yoga.

Brand new beginners are welcome as well as experienced students, local residents of Santa Fe and visitors to the Land of Enchantment.  Feel free to drop in for one class to find out what it’s like. As this is the first year the studio has been open, classes are small which allows for individual attention.

My specialty is adaptation of yoga for scoliosis and structural back issues.  I give workshops internationally on this topic to students with back alignment challenges and teachers. Private classes can also be booked if you have individual issues that hold you back from participating in group classes. I am certified as a Junior Intermediate II Iyengar Yoga teacher, which qualifies me to guide students with structural therapeutics under the rigorous Iyengar standards for teaching safely.

My goals for Yoga Vidya are to offer friendly, approachable, knowledge about yoga. I hope to inspire students to acquire or deepen a yoga practice to access the benefits while understanding the intrinsic principles of yoga. Yoga practice should support the experience of living and be adapted to the needs of the body. It’s not about one size fits all or workout at any cost when it comes to performing yoga postures.B.K.S. Iyengar continues to practice yoga at the age of 93, always at ease, with precision and grace.

What’s New
K-lea Gifford will be covering all the Yoga Vidya classes and classes at 209 W Houghton  Street through May 29 while Bobbie is teaching in Russia.  Check out her website at K-lea.com for more info.