Iyengar Yoga Classes with Pavara

Iyengar Yoga Classes with Pavara

Iyengar Yoga

Iyengar Yoga is a form of yoga that has an emphasis on detail, precision and alignment in the performance of yoga postures.

The development of strength, mobility and stability is gained through these postures (which are called asanas).

Iyengar Yoga often makes use of props, such as belts, blocks, and blankets, as aids in performing the postures. The props enable students to perform the postures correctly, minimising the risk of injury or strain, and making the postures accessible to both young and old.

Our fully equipped yoga room includes all these props: belts, blocks, blankets and wall ropes to help you get the most from your yoga class.

Pavara – Iyengar Teacher in the DBC

Pavara teaches the Iyengar yoga classes in the Dublin Buddhist Centre. He is a native of Dublin, and has been practising yoga since 1993, when he started in the Dublin Meditation Centre (as the Dublin Buddhist Centre was then called).

Since then, yoga practice has been a key aspect of his spiritual practice. He did his initial training at the Iyengar Yoga Institute in Cambridge, UK, and has been teaching Iyengar yoga
since 1996.

He has trained under the Iyengar family both in Pune, India, and in the UK. He gains his main yogic inspiration and
instruction from Christian Pisano, founder of Institut de Yoga Iyengar de Nice.

Pavara is also an ordained member of the Triratna Buddhist Order, having been ordained in 1999.

B.K.S. Iyengar

Iyengar yoga is named after B.K.S. Iyengar, the man who developed the system after he had lived many years as a sickly child and saw the need to improve his health through the practice of yoga.

As well as curing his own health, he went on to found one of the most widely practised forms of yoga in the world, with rigorous certification of teachers and an emphasis on a rigorous, safe and transformative yoga practice for everyone.

He also published several books on yoga, including Light on Yoga and Light on Life.

B.K.S. Iyengar passed away in 2014 in Pune, India, at the age of 95.

Do Iyengar Yoga with the Dublin Buddhist Centre

See our main yoga page for times and to book on for our Iyengar courses.

Feel free to contact us about it using the contact page or by emailing us.

Buddhism

Buddhism is a path of practice and spiritual development leading to Insight into the true nature of life, and increasingly people in Dublin and Ireland are curious to learn about Buddhism.

Meditation

Meditation is a means of transforming the mind. It helps us change the way we relate to ourselves and the world around us.

Buddhist meditation techniques offer a way of encouraging and developing positive states of mind, such as calmness, clarity, emotional positivity and a deeper seeing of the true nature of things.

Mindfulness

Mindfulness is one of the central practices in Buddhism. Put simply, when we are mindful, we are aware, we notice what is going on around us and inside us.

Yoga

Yoga is a form of physical exercise that will have positive effects on your body and mind. It is a highly effective tool to help calm the body and mind, as well as alleviate stress, leaving you more relaxed, energised and calm.

Hatha Flow Yoga Classes with Johanna Varghese

Hatha Flow Yoga Classes with Johanna Varghese

Hatha Flow Yoga

Hatha is a general category of yoga, usually referring to yoga that uses the practices of asanas (yoga postures) and pranayama (yoga breathing exercises).

These postures and exercises can help to bring peace to the mind and body, and to help preparing the body for practices such as meditation.

Hatha Flow yoga involves doing these posture in synchronisation with the breath, and in particular doing them in a continuous flow from one posture to the next.

This style of yoga emphasises the balance between effort and remaining relaxed and aware, and is very accessible for newcomers to yoga.

Johanna Varghese – Hatha Flow Teacher in the DBC

Johanna has been practising yoga since 1995 and been teaching in Dublin since 2003. She not only teaches in the Dublin Buddhist Centre, but also with Yoga Ireland, as well as on the teacher training course for Contemporary Yoga, Cork.

She qualified with Contemporary Yoga, Cork, under the tutelage of Charlie Stevens and Marianne Gabriel. She has also studied Viniyoga on the Sadhana Mala course for two years with Dave Charleton, Ranju Roy and Hanna Gillespie of Clonlea Yoga Studios, and has trained in asana/somatic practice with Dave Curtis in the style of Vinyasa flow.

On top of all this she is also qualified as an urban planner/architect and is a mother of three.

Do Hatha Flow Yoga with the DBC

Our Hatha Flow classes happen on Thursdays, 6.00 – 7:10pm. See our main yoga page for dates and to book on for our Iyengar courses.

Feel free to contact us about it using the contact page or by emailing us.

Buddhism

Buddhism is a path of practice and spiritual development leading to Insight into the true nature of life, and increasingly people in Dublin and Ireland are curious to learn about Buddhism.

Meditation

Meditation is a means of transforming the mind. It helps us change the way we relate to ourselves and the world around us.

Buddhist meditation techniques offer a way of encouraging and developing positive states of mind, such as calmness, clarity, emotional positivity and a deeper seeing of the true nature of things.

Mindfulness

Mindfulness is one of the central practices in Buddhism. Put simply, when we are mindful, we are aware, we notice what is going on around us and inside us.

Yoga

Yoga is a form of physical exercise that will have positive effects on your body and mind. It is a highly effective tool to help calm the body and mind, as well as alleviate stress, leaving you more relaxed, energised and calm.