Clare and Georgia Mae with a friend in Nepal
LORRAINE MOORE YOGA
ABOUT
Lorraine Moore Yoga was founded specifically for students to access online yoga classes during the 2020 health crisis.
Having moved from New Zealand back in 1989, where I had completed my Dip F.A. and Diploma of Teaching, I continued working as a Teacher of Art in London, before becoming a paragliding instructor in 1993. Some years later in 1995, I began raising my family of five children in Oxfordshire. Here my Yoga practice too was born.
Now since qualifying as an Iyengar Teacher with IYUK under the directorship of Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute in India (currently lead by Abhijata Iyengar) I teach across Oxfordshire and offer online classes. With over eight years of Yoga Teaching experience, I am able to offer classes at a variety of levels and abilities with attention to individuals and hands-on guidance.
Outside of my practice, I continue to tend to my love of the outdoors. I frequently visit the coast where my family, friends and I enjoy water sports, hiking, and camping. In my spare moments I read.
CLASSES
General Classes are suitable for beginners and pay particular attention to alignment and the foundations of the preliminary poses as set out by B.K.S. Iyengar. All poses are from the introductory syllabus. Essential props include a non-slip mat, bricks, belt, foam blocks and blankets.
IYENGAR YOGA
Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar more commonly known as B.K.S. Iyengar (our Guruji),was born on 14 December 1918 in Bellur, India. In 1934 Mr Iyengar moved to Mysore to help his sister with her husband's Yoga school. In 1936 when Mr Iyengar was 17 he was sent to Pune to teach. Hence began a life-long dedication to practising and teaching Yoga. B.K.S. Iyengar was considered one of the foremost yoga teachers in the world. He was the author of many books on yoga practice and philosophy including Light on Yoga, Light on Pranayama, Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, and Light on Life. Iyengar was one of the earliest students of Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, who is often referred to as "the father of modern yoga". Mr Iyengar has been credited with popularizing yoga, first in India and then around the world.
The Indian government awarded Iyengar the Padma Shri in 1991, the Padma Bhushan in 2002 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2014. In 2004, Iyengar was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine. Mr Iyengar died in 2014 however his family continue his teachings at the Ramamani Yoga Institute in Pune.