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Week 10 in Pune: The Experience of Open Practice at RIMYI
Pauline Schloesser, Ph.D., Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher, IAYT Yoga Therapist Things are winding down here for me now as I have only 3 weeks remaining

Week 8 in Pune: Yoga, Food & Culture
Pauline Schloesser, Ph.D., Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher, IAYT Yoga Therapist Hello everyone! Dan is going back home this week. We’ve had a great time in

Week 6 in Pune: Rain, Recovery, and the Road to Hanumanāsana
Pauline Schloesser, Ph.D., Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher, IAYT Yoga Therapist Hello dear students and friends, I’m nearly halfway through my stay here. Dan arrived on

Week 4 in Pune: Monsoon, Medicine, and Mountain Climbing
Pauline Schloesser, Ph.D., Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher, IAYT Yoga Therapist Last week I wrote about my experiences at RIMYI, and I’d love to hear how

Week 3 in Pune: Reflections on Being a Visiting Student at RIMYI
This is not my first stay in Pune to study at RIMYI, but it is my first time remaining for more than a month. Because

Week 2 in Pune Neighborhood Culture in Model Colony; Sequence for Home Practice
Pauline Schloesser, Ph.D., Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher, IAYT Yoga Therapist The helpful guys at OM Supermarket, pictured with flatmate Ella. This week I want to
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My First Week in Pune
Pauline Schloesser, Ph.D., Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher, IAYT Yoga Therapist Coming to Pune in June means enduring temps in the mid 90s with 85% humidity
Prāṇāyāma Practice and Why You You Should Do It
Pauline Schloesser, Ph.D., Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher, IAYT Yoga Therapist You may be wondering, what good is a prāṇāyāma practice? How will it help me?
Five Śavāsanas for Prāṇāyāma
Pauline Schloesser, Ph.D., Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher, IAYT Yoga Therapist Although traditional yoga texts mention seated āsanas like Padmāsana, Siddhāsana, Bhadrāsana, and Vīrāsana for prāṇāyāma,
Why Yoga is a Game-Changer for 20-somethings
Pauline Schloesser, Ph.D., Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher, IAYT Yoga Therapist In our fast-paced world of screens, endless distractions and multi-tasking, even younger adults need ways
2022 at Alcove Yoga
Pauline Schloesser, Ph.D., Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher, IAYT Yoga Therapist As we get into the thick of this year’s holiday season, I want to thank
This Fall: Intensive Yoga Studies – The Path to Teaching
Pauline Schloesser, Ph.D., Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher, IAYT Yoga Therapist Recent informal talks by Prashant Iyengar on teaching philosophy have led me to re-think the