Iyengar Yoga Detroit Collective's Statement of Purpose
- We embrace Iyengar Yoga as a practice for healing and collective liberation, by providing high quality, affordable classes that welcome all bodies.
- We promote self-awareness to create a more just, discerning, and compassionate society.
- We practice cooperative economics to align our values with the ethics of yoga.
Come to Iyengar Yoga Detroit to experience
the transformative power of yoga.
What is Iyengar Yoga?
What’s Special About Iyengar Yoga Detroit?
- All bodies, all abilities, all sizes welcome, and wheelchair accessible.
- Wide array of poses taught in a variety of ways from high energy to restorative to therapeutic.
- Individualized teaching to suit all needs and capacities.
- Highly trained teachers (certification takes 3+ years), and 5 levels of certification.
What’s Special About Iyengar Yoga Detroit?
- Community-centered, trauma-responsive safer space, cooperatively owned and run. People of color-centered.
- Affordable classes, flexible schedule, including Community Gift (sliding-scale) classes.
- Philosophy study as well as Āsana (postures), Prānāyāma (breath work), teacher education, and workshops.
- Focus on personal practice as well as healing injuries and chronic conditions.
Testimonials
"Iyengar Yoga Detroit's teachers are very supportive, knowledgeable and encouraging....Yoga is more than stretching, it's a mindfulness that's with me all throughout the day, everyday. It's also empowering. I'm learning to remove the limits I'd placed on my body... The home practice we're encouraged to do makes no pose impossible. I absolutely love Iyengar Yoga Detroit." —Cidia
"I learned so much about poses that I've been doing for years! I told all my serious yoga friends about Iyengar Yoga Detroit." —Clara
"My back feels better than it has in years." —Thelma
"I appreciate that Iyengar Yoga Detroit is a women-of-color-run space." —Carmen
"I like the way that all instructors at Iyengar Yoga Detroit are not only intentional about the practice they provide, but they're also intentional about developing and supporting community." —Angela
"I learned so much about poses that I've been doing for years! I told all my serious yoga friends about Iyengar Yoga Detroit." —Clara
"My back feels better than it has in years." —Thelma
"I appreciate that Iyengar Yoga Detroit is a women-of-color-run space." —Carmen
"I like the way that all instructors at Iyengar Yoga Detroit are not only intentional about the practice they provide, but they're also intentional about developing and supporting community." —Angela