Learn Iyengar Yoga in Pune

Honest level: Intermediate -> Certified Teacher — ask the school exactly how far that goes in the time you have.

One-month intensive study at the Pune Institute

Study at the mother institute of Iyengar Yoga, founded by B.K.S. Iyengar in Pune, where the exacting prop-assisted alignment method and long-held postures are taught directly by the Iyengar family and senior teachers. Foreign students apply by email and attend regular classes during a fixed study period; this is study at the source for experienced practitioners rather than an entry-level packaged course. Admission requires years of prior Iyengar practice (including sustained inversions) and familiarity with Light on Yoga.

Direct study at the worldwide source of the method, immersed in Pune's Iyengar community for a sustained period exactly where the tradition lives.

Masters & lineage

• Lineage of B.K.S. Iyengar
• Prashant Iyengar

Why Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute (RIMYI)

• ★ 4.5/5 · 218 reviews on Google (via Wanderlog) ↗

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RIMYI is the founding home of Iyengar Yoga, established in Pune in 1975 by B.K.S. Iyengar himself and named for his wife Ramamani, making it the source institute where the global Iyengar method and its teacher-certification lineage originate.

Schools in Pune

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• Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute (RIMYI)

The credential

Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher (CIYT) · Certifying body: RIMYI (Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute)

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What I check before I send you anywhere

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• The craft is actually alive there. A working scene, with people who do this every day — not a demo put on for visitors.
• There's a real teacher behind it. Named, still practising, and certified where the craft has certificates.
• The credential is what it claims to be. A state diploma and a certificate a school prints itself are not the same thing. I check which, and I say which.
• I tell you how sure I am. Most pages here are verified by hand. A few say "still checking" — I'd rather admit that than pretend.
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