Teachers at Bija Yoga

Becoming a CIYT, Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher, begins with long term thorough and dedicated practice. One is a student of Iyengar Yoga before becoming a teacher. In the assessment process itself, candidates are carefully observed and evaluated as they demonstrate asanas and Pranayamas and as they teach a class of students.
 

Jennifer MacGregor Dennis started practicing yoga under her mother's guidance, who is an Iyengar Yoga teacher. After moving to New York City, Jennifer obtained formal training at the NY Institute

Janet MacLeod began studying yoga in London in the late 1970s and continues studying with the Iyengar family both in the West and India. She has been a Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher (CIYT) since 1983.

Barbara has been teaching yoga in San Francisco for 50 years.  Her primary teachers are BKS Iyengar, Ramanand Patel, Firooza Ali Razva, Swami Dayananda, and Vijay Kapoor.

Kathy Alef has been a student and practitioner of yoga since the late seventies. Along her journey, she studied with knowledgeable teachers and was blessed to meet and study with Guruji, B.K.S. Iyengar, in Pune

As a teenager, Larry began practicing martial arts under Doc Fai Wong in San Francisco. I studied with him for seven years. At 18, Larry started practicing Yoga and traveled to Poona, India, in 2004, where I met Guruji B.K.S Iyengar for the first time

Julia discovered Iyengar yoga in her 20s after a long relationship with dance and movement and was immediately drawn to yoga's rejuvenating properties.

Andrea Graziosi is a yoga and pranayama teacher, meditator with nearly 20 years of daily practice. She trained extensively with yoga teacher Ramanand Patel and her thinking has been deeply influenced by Advaita

Valerie has enjoyed all forms of movement since childhood. She received a Master’s Degree in Dance Arts from Mills College and went on to dance and teach until 1983, when she discovered Iyengar Yoga.

When Ramanand was 12, his father introduced him to yoga philosophy and asana, and he learned early on to embrace yoga with a childlike joyousness and delight. In 1968, after coming across a few other yoga teachers, Ramanand became a student of Guruji,

Nicole’s design background helps her see art in everything, including yoga. To her, yoga is both an art and a science, continuously sparking her curiosity to learn more. Inspired by B.K.S. Iyengar’s idea of Involution