Events

Yoga, as Therapy: Healing Actions and Adaptations for Lasting Relief
with Holly Kostura, CIYT-Level 3, C-IAYT, E-RYT 500

FREE Preview Class: Saturday, September 20, 2025 @ 12:00 - 2:00 PM ET
Series Begins in November 2025.

Are you a Yoga practitioner experiencing physical limitations or managing chronic discomfort, or a teacher seeking to refine your ability to adapt poses and teach from a therapeutic lens? 

In this series both practitioners and teachers will learn to practice *intelligently* with the body, especially with common areas that experience discomfort such as the neck, shoulders, hips, low back, and knees. And because we can reach the organic body through the structural body conditions affecting the physiological body will be integrated into each session. '

Each session will explores how to adapt foundational asanas using props, and not just to make poses more accessible, but to reveal the *therapeutic actions* that support structural integrity and lasting relief. 

These subtle, refined actions help restore balance, build stability, and reduce pain, skills as valuable to the teacher as they are to the student.

For yoga teachers, this series offers practical tools and deeper insight into how and why prop use works—so you can better support students of all abilities and conditions. Learn to see beyond the form and guide others toward a more functional and healing experience of asana.

This program is limited to 25 participants. Those joining us for the preview class will receive access to early registration and special pricing.

Click here to register and attend the free preview class.

Light on Inversions: Balancing Head and Heart
with Holly Kostura, CIYT-Level 3, C-IAYT, E-RYT 500

Part I: Sundays, August 17 - Sept 7, 2025 @ 9:30 -11:15 AM ET

In this series of master classes you will learn the most important actions of the inversions, develop sensitive awareness and learn supportive alternatives. From Chatush Padasana (Bridge Pose) to Pincha Mayurasana (Peacock Pose) and beyond you’ll deepen your commitment to their consistent practice and absorb their beneficial effects!

Part I: Developing inversions up to and including Salamba Sirsasana I
Part II: Strengthening Salamba Sirsasana I, and leaping into Adho Mukha Vrksasana and Pincha Mayurasana.

While registration for the Part I is no longer available online, students can register for upcoming classes and receive recordings of previous classes and accompanying notes by emailing info@iyengaryogalehighvalley.com.

Led Group Practice: Focus on Body Knottings

Friday, September 19, 2025
10:30 AM ET: Sequencing Activity
11:00 AM ET: Group Practice

In the first part of this session we’ll design the sequence together, beginning with an asana from the Level 4 (Advanced) syllabus as the starting point and work backwards, choosing one asana from each syllabus (Level 3, then 2, then 1) that will prepare the embodiment for the Level 4 asana.

We’ll then practice the sequence from Level 1 - 2- 3 - 4, adding in inversions and sharing any obstacles that arise (and they will) on the path, finding solutions to surmount them together.

Click here to register and attend. Offered free of charge. Donations accepted via venmo @holly-kostura.