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iYASe SCheDuLeS “MiNiworKShoPS” to ProMote itS MeMBerShiP DriVe
iYeNGAr YoGA ProDuCtS wANteD! Yogamatters is Europe’s leading distributor of Iyengar Yoga resources.
Thirty-one teachers of IYASE (the Iyengar Yoga Association of the Southeast) have
Do you have any Iyengar products that
committed to participating in a membership drive October 15 through December 5,
you would like distributed in Europe?
2010, according to Diana Martinez, IYASE Membership Chair.
Please contact paul@yogamatters.com As part of the drive, teachers in the region will teach two- to three-hour mini-workshops. IYASE will pay the teachers, and students will pay a fee of $60. For this fee, they will also become members, of both IYASE and IYNAUS. They will receive an IYASE T-shirt
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in addition to the other membership benefits.
was proud to sponsor reflection, the 2010 Certified Iyengar Teachers’ convention in Portland, Oregon.
Teachers have committed to enrolling at least five new students as association
We supplied over 300 standard sized and tall chairs for use with Geeta S. Iyengar’s instruction.
steps to create a model to grow and deepen our community,” says Alex Cleveland,
members in this way. The membership drive is part of IYASE’s efforts to maintain the interest, enthusiasm, and continued involvement of its new members. “This constitutes our first positive IYASE Board Member, “as well as promote interest and appreciation of Iyengar Yoga. “We are creating a template which we hope other regions will be able to easily replicate in their own membership drives.” This membership drive is an innovative collaboration between IYASE and IYNAUS, which has given $1500 in seed money for the project. This investment will be returned to IYNAUS through new memberships added during the drive.
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Senior teacher Carolyn Belko and iYNAuS President Chris Beach participate in a puja ceremony conducted by Geetaji’s sister Sunita Parthasarathy and her husband, Kannarakoti Venkatachri Parthasarathy, at the iyengar Yoga Center of North County in encinitas, California, in May. Sunita conducted the ceremony in honor of the opening of the new location. She had recently assisted Geetaji at the iyengar Yoga Certified teachers’ Convention in Portland, oregon. Yoga Samachar
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