Mind Body Studio

🧘 Registration is OPEN! 🧘

It’s time to reserve your spot for our August 3 – October 31 Iyengar Yoga Session!

Whether you’re brand new to yoga or looking to deepen your practice, there’s a class for you. We offer Beginner, Gentle, Chair, Intermediate, and Pranayama classes in a welcoming, supportive environment.

📅 Registration opens TODAY and closes August 1.

Visit iyengarlex.com to learn more about classes and schedules.

I look forward to practicing with you this fall!

Yoga for Cancer Recovery: New Research Highlights Powerful Benefits

An article in the shows a new clinical trial involving 410 cancer survivors found that a structured yoga programme significantly reduced anxiety, insomnia, fatigue, and overall mood disturbance.

The IY(UK) therapy committee recently did a workshop which was based on therapy book. These workshops are available for IY(UK) teachers in the UK.

For many people living with or recovering from cancer, yoga offers more than movement - it can provide a supportive, non-pharmaceutical way to improve sleep, reduce stress and enhance quality of life.

At its heart, yoga helps us reconnect with our breath, our bodies, and our resilience.

Have you experienced the benefits of yoga during a challenging time in your life? We’d love to hear your story in the comments. 💙

The first two pillars of Raj Yoga - YAMA & NIYAMA

“Yoga is not what you can do, it is what yoga does to you.”
~Prashant Iyengar

May 2026 edition

In our “Tuesdays with Prashant” quote series we will be highlighting Prashant Iyengar’s wisdom, insights and teachings on classical yoga. ✨

Don’t force the twist.
Build the twist.

In Iyengar Yoga, a twist is not created by turning harder.
It is built through preparation.

The body should not be thrown into Parivrtta Trikonasana, Parivrtta Parsvakonasana, or deep seated twists without first creating the right conditions.

We begin simply.
Sukhasana twist.
Virasana twist.
Dandasana variations.
These actions teach the body to sit, lift, and organize the spine before revolving.

Then we deepen with support.
A block.
A chair.
A wall.
A blanket.

Support is not a shortcut.
It gives the body clearer information. It helps the spine lift, the chest open, and the breath remain steady.

Only then do we progress gradually into deeper twists:
Marichyasana III.
Bharadvajasana.
Ardha Matsyendrasana.
Parivrtta standing poses.

The key principle:
Lengthen first. Revolve second.

If the spine is short, the twist compresses.
If the legs are passive, the trunk struggles.
If the breath becomes tight, the pose has gone too far.

Iyengar Yoga teaches us to sequence with intelligence, not ambition.
Because the aim is not to twist more.
The aim is to twist with space.

💬 Which twist do you find most challenging — seated twists or standing twists?

Iyengar Yoga—not just stretching muscles 😉
It’s about stretching awareness, confronting limits, and growing beyond them.

You want to improve.
You want to go further.
Deeper. Stronger. Clearer.

But something keeps repeating.
The same difficulty.
The same resistance.
The same limitation.

Not because you cannot change.
But because you have not fully seen it.

“We can rise above our limitation,
only once we recognize them.” — B.K.S. Iyengar

Recognition is not intellectual.
It is honest.
Uncomfortable.
Precise.
Undeniable.

Until then—
you are not working on the limitation.
You are working around it.

💬 What is one limitation you’ve been avoiding seeing?