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Spend a useful 2 hours learning and trying out several types of Therapeutic Yoga Asanas that often give relief to common lower back discomfort. Especially good for those who frequently experience lower back tightness.

The workshop is open to all including beginners to yoga. It is Not Suitable for those with a Severe Acute lower back condition, where a private lesson is more appropriate.

Instructor is very experienced in this subject. He has taught yoga for over 40 years and specializes in yoga for lower back relief. He has trained over many years in India with the leaders in this field. He is a student and teacher of the Iyengar Method of Yoga which uses props at times and emphasizes alignment and self-awareness in practicing yoga. He is the Founder & Director of The Center For Yoga of Seattle.

Richard has a Slow Gentle Class on Friday Nights at 6:30pm and a Beginner Class on Thursday Nights at 6:00pm

Please register early as class size is limited.

Date & Time: Saturday, January 23rd, 2021 @4pm – 6pm 

Fees: $60;  $40 by November 29, 2020

 

About the instructor: Richard Schachtel

Richard SchachtelRichard Schachtel has studied Iyengar Yoga since 1976.
He is a Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher since 1984.
He founded The Center For Yoga of Seattle in 1980.
He has given Yoga Workshops Thoughout The USA and has taught at several Iyengar Yoga Conventions.

Richard has taught as a guest instructor in Australia, China, and India. He has trained over 200 students in his Yoga Alliance Approved Yoga Teacher Training Courses.

Richard has a unique background for foreign Iyengar Yoga Teachers(non-India based). He has made 23 yoga study trips since 1980 to Pune India to study directly with BKS Iyengar, Geeta Iyengar, Prashant Iyengar and Abhijata Iyengar.

Many of his yoga study trips were 2 months of training with the Iyengar Clan and their Senior Students.

He has trained with all of The Iyengar Family stating with BKS Iyengar in 1980. He has taken intensives with BKS Iyengar, Geeta Iyengar and Prashant Iyengar in India. He participated in the 2014 and 2015 Yoganusasanam, and the events beginning the Centenary of BKS Iyengar in 2017 also in India.

He has trained with BKS, Geeta and Abhijata in the USA many times.

Richard assisted BKS Iyengar and Geeta Iyengar when he was in Pune in Medical Yoga Classes for over 20 years.

Richard teaches all levels of students and loves to teach intensive yoga courses.

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