Volume 24, Issue 4, October - December 2013
IYASE : Iyengar Yoga Association Southeast PRESIDENT’S LETTER Dear Members, This is my final address to you as President of IYASE. It has been
an honor and privilege to serve on the Board for four years, the
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last three as president.
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on how to go forward. The last 4 years show continued national and international interest
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IYASE BOARD MEMBERS
Susan Marcus
Rather than re-hash our successes and challenges, lets’ focus
in yoga and spirituality, as well a growing receptivity to yoga in the field of conventional
medicine. This growth begs the question: How do we improve the recognition of Iyengar Here are my thoughts.
First, get more connected within our community.
a. Collaboration and coordination. Competing for students and competing for workshop slots works against us. It overstretches our students’ resources and puts studios at odds
with each other. I acknowledge South Florida as a positive work in progress, where studios are communicating with each other about who is scheduling what seniors for when,
president
president@iyase.org Aretha McKinney
and then sharing this information with all students via email. IYASE is also shifting to cosponsor workshops with studios to provide marketing support, and scholarships to boost
vice president
continuing education chair
vicepresident@iyase.org Graham Williams secretary
secretary@iyase.org Dennis Walker
attendance. Other ideas?
b. Real discounts for IYASE members. Some studios give discounts, most studios do not. A discount encourages more students to come to events, and gives IYASE an attractive benefit to market.
c. Make IYASE more visible in your local studio. Encourage students to join IYASE through
treasurer
scholarship@iyase.org
your membership workshop and by linking to us (and IYNAUS) on your website. Teach-
membership chair
some of the articles.
Jan Boyer
membership@iyase.org Chris O’Brien website chair
website@iyase.org Tay Strauss
ers, when you get your newsletter, bring it into class and engage your students by sharing
d. Utilize technology to distribute self-published documents. IYASE has access to record-
ings and transcripts of workshops and trainings going back over 20 years. These can be scanned and published, with a nominal fee for downloading the documents to one’s local
liason to the board
computer. We need volunteers to help with this.
Karyl Tych pr / communications pr@iyase.org
Second, be bold to share our knowledge with the greater community.
liason@iyase.org
chair
Becky Estes Rachel Mathenia
a. Publicize the research using Iyengar yoga in therapeutic settings. IYNAUS has a wonderful page of the published research using IYENGAR yoga. Each regional association
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newsletter
newsletter@iyase.org Marilyn Rubin
scholarship chair
boardmember@iyase.org
Susan Marcus, IYASE President Rosemary Court Yoga Sarasota, FL
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