Meet the Committee

Practising Iyengar Yoga since 1991. I first attended Guruji, Mr B.K.S. Iyengar’s class in 1992 in Tokyo. Since 1996 I have visited RIMYI every few years and was taught by Mr Iyengar and his daughter Geeta Iyengar. Started teacher training in 1994 at the Edinburgh Iyengar Yoga Centre under Elaine Pidgeon and Meg Laing. I am now a Level 2 teacher.

I have been in and out of Iyengar classes since I was a toddler, not avidly to start with, but enough to plant the seed! When BKS Iyengar passed, it was a lightbulb moment for me; He dedicated his entire adult life to Yoga, so technically I was already behind and better get cracking! I began teaching in 2020 & now teach around 8 classes a week in person and online. Based in Clackmannanshire, I teach across the Stirling & Clacks area.

I explored many styles of yoga before discovering Iyengar yoga in 2015 — and was struck by the depth of the method and its respectful, intelligent approach to the body.

I joined a teacher training course to deepen my practice, but soon realised that teaching brought me more joy than my corporate career.

I qualified as a Level 1 teacher in 2023 and now teach in English and Russian across Edinburgh, including at the Edinburgh Iyengar Yoga Centre and online.

I’m passionate about making yoga accessible to everyone, regardless of income or background.

Toni has joined us from South Africa. My love for Iyengar yoga began when I was a child, attending class with my Mom. I have been teaching for 20 years and have been lucky enough to attend classes at RIMYI twice. First qualifying to teach in South Africa, then holding classes in Tanzania, Mozambique and Namibia where I lived collectively for 10 years. I now live in Scotland where I’ve been most grateful to find a rich Iyengar Yoga community. That first teacher I had as a child tells me: Toni, this journey of yoga is with us for life. So true as the more we learn and practice, the more yoga reveals.

I discovered yoga many years ago. Living in th West highlands made finding an Iyengar teacher difficult, but the wonders of Zoom and the internet have brought Iyengar yoga back into my life, and now I have wonderful teachers in my own home. I hope that my role of treasurer will allow me to thank you all!

I have been a student of Iyengar yoga for 30 years and a teacher for the last 12. I lived in Aberdeen for more than 20 years before moving to Edinburgh in 2012, so I have a connection with both the north and the south of the East of Scotland region.

As your regional rep I am your link with the IYUK executive committee. I attend three UK meetings a year (lately on Zoom) where I represent ESIY, voting and reporting back on issues of the day, and reporting in on our activities and concerns.

I live in Auchtertool in Fife and teach Iyengar Yoga classes from my home, venues in Kirkcaldy and at Yoga on Tay in Newport on Tay. I have practiced Iyengar Yoga since my 20s in Edinburgh and Vancouver before joining teacher training programme in 2017. I qualified as a teacher in 2020. I enjoy the lifelong learning that Iyengar Yoga provides and sharing the joy of yoga with new students.

I have practised Iyengar yoga for thirty years. In that time I have become a teacher, an assessor and a mentor. I have also been on several Iyengar yoga committees so I hope to bring some experience to the area. I live in Aberdeen.