tamarack yoga centre
​
your teacher
Lisa Towson has been a student of Iyengar yoga for 30 years and teaching for 23 and is a Level 3 CIYT. She studies with senior teachers in Canada and internationally and returns to Pune, India regularly to learn directly from the Iyengar family. Lisa connects most with the joy of practicing and the day-to-day real life benefits of yoga. She teaches to inspire others to develop and deepen their own practice.
BKS Iyengar (1918-2014)
Yoga in the Iyengar Tradition
​
Sri BKS Iyengar was considered one of the foremost authorities on the subject of yoga. He approached the eight limbs of yoga from the platform of asanas (physical postures) and pranayama (breath control), while enveloping his teachings in the wisdom of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras. His first book, Light On Yoga, was published in 1966 and is considered to be the "bible of yoga". He went on to publish numerous books and teach around the world, continually sharing his evolving understanding. His compassion for his students led him to develop props and a methodology that allowed all people to practice and gain the benefit of yoga. The physical aspect of the Iyengar method covers a broad range of practice, from athletic and vigorous to gentle and therapeutic.
To learn more, please visit iyengaryogacanada.com
Land and Water Acknowledgment
​
Tamarack Yoga is located in Winnipeg, which lies at the confluence of the Assiniboine and Red Rivers, a focal point of routes travelled by Indigenous peoples for thousands of years. Winnipeg is within Treaty No.1 territory, traditional lands of the Anishinaabe, Cree, and Dakota, and the heart of the Metis Nation's Manitoba Metis Community.
Our water comes from Treaty 3 area, from the shores of Shoal Lake First Nations 39 and 40. The electricity allowing us to connect for yoga classes comes from generating stations on rivers in Treaty areas 1, 3 and 4. Terms of the Northern Flood Agreement with five Indigenous communities in northern Manitoba remain unfulfilled.
As practitioners of yoga, we study the Yamas and Niyamas. May we find ways to weave these guiding principles into our relations with all Indigenous communities and the land and water that sustain us.
​
Tamarack Yoga is located in Winnipeg, which lies at the confluence of the Assiniboine and Red Rivers, a focal point of routes travelled by Indigenous peoples for thousands of years. Winnipeg is within Treaty No. 1 territory, traditional lands of the Anishinabe, Cree, and Dakota, and the heart of the Metis Nation’s Manitoba Metis Community.
Our water comes from Treaty 3 area, from the shores of Shoal Lake First Nations 39 and 40. The electricity allowing us to connect for these classes comes from generating stations on rivers in Treaty Areas 1, 3 and 5. Terms of the Northern Flood Agreement with five Indigenous communities in northern Manitoba remain unfulfilled.
