I've started a new online monthly yoga series for 2012. Click here to get started and be sure to check back each month.

You can find a link to an archive of the 2011 Pose of the Month series on the same page.

Here’s a sneak preview of the last of the four Yoga Rahasya covers that I designed this year. The front cover depicts Patanjali. I painted it many years ago as background material for my animated short Yoga Yantra. As it turned out, I did not take Yoga Yantra to complete color production, so this painting was never used. I’m happy now that it’s found a good home.

Yoga Rahasya is a quarterly publication of the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute (RIMYI), Pune and the Light on Yoga Research Trust, Mumbai, India. It was a great honor to be asked to design the (four) covers for this year.

Here is the third cover. I took this photo at Mulchi Lake, Pune, in 2010.

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Adjusting a student during my 2011 Punta Gorda workshop.

Here is another item not yet included in the Pune Guide.
Added May 25, 2011

ROOTS AND WINGS

Highly recommended: Roots & Wings has been serving the students of the RIYMI for nine years. Located adjacent to the Lakaki Lake in Model Colony (Opposite Hotel Ambassador), Roots & Wings has not only been an excellent professional travel service provider, but also as a cultural exchange & friendly support system.
Email us to arrange to be picked from the Mumbai Airport and same for the return. We offer competitive prices and boast of a fluent English speaking, friendly staff. The location of the office being in close vicinity the institute proves convenient for guests.

Following is a list of services provided by us :

a. Air-tickets (Domestic & International)
b. Air ticket Confirmation
c. Mumbai Pune and Pune Mumbai Transfers (24 * 7)
d. Rent A Car
e. Rail Ticketing
f. Bus Booking
g. Hotel Booking
h. Tour Arrangements all over India

Roots & Wings Travel Management
1122, Model Colony, Pune 411016

Tel: +91 020 25 66 75 77
Mobile: +91 9923 063 370

Email: roots&wings@rediffmail.com
Contact Person : Rucha Nirakar

One of the highlights of this year's Mary Dunn Celebration/Yogathon is sure to be the Children's Class, 12:30 - 1:00 pm, Sunday, June 5.

The kids in your life — ages three to eight — will love this fun, active class, taught by Senior Teacher Bobby Clennell, author of the children's yoga book, Watch Me Do Yoga.

Register now to save your place and pay just $20; same-day registration, if space is available, will be $25.

Parents, grandparents, godparents, friends — bring the kid in your life, then stay on for the other exciting Yogathon events, refreshments, our Raffle drawing and more! We look forward to seeing you there!

Registration for this and all the day's classes is available on the Yogathon page at the Iyengar Yoga Association of Greater New York website, click here.

Here are the first two. The first corresponded with Annual day — sometimes known as Institute day – and the second with Hanuman Jayanti. The third will come out later this year on Guru Purnima, and the forth on Patanjali Jayanti.

Here are two more apartments, not yet included in the Pune Guide.
Added December 20, 2010.

Vandana & Pravin Sanghavi
C-19,Ashiwini Society, Bombay-Pune Road, Shivajinagar, Pune - 411 005
Contact : +91 20 25541746 or +91 20 32910731 or +91 9422368484
Email: darshana_ca@yahoo.com

Only 2.25 kms from the Institute.
Near CPS Ashram

Newly constructed apartment which is 1000 sq ft., is on the 2nd floor of the bungalow. It is located in a quiet, green and serene residential area. The apartment has a separate entrance and includes a kitchen, hall and two bedrooms, and 2 European–style bathrooms with 24 hours hot-water.

The apartment is fully furnished. Each bedroom has a double bed with wardrobes, dressing table, writing table, phone and internet connection as well as attached bathroom.

The hall is also very spacious and has a bed, sofa set, 29" TV and a closed shoe rack. The kitchen has a dining table, microwave oven, refrigerator, mixer, toaster, all necessary utensils, cooking gas, washing machine, water purifier and cupboards. 

Darshana Sanghavi
Business Head - WizProTek Consulting
Tel: +91 20 32910731
Cell: +91 8007180200 or +1.312.479.6929

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We own a property near Model Colony Post office. It is a single storied independent house which we have recently started renting to Yoga students at RIYMI.

Owner:Rajeev Tamhankar
‘Indira’,1098/10A,Model Colony,Pune-411016
Tel:25653182
e-mail:suncoats1@gmail.com

Living space@600 sq.ft.
1) Comprising of 2 living (bed rooms)
2) 1 Kitchen cum dining room (with cooking gas,water filter, refrigerator, dining table and chairs)
3) Toilet block (with hot water facility, and western style W/C).

The accommodation can be rented out unshared for one person or (on Kitchen and toilet shared basis) for two persons.

Book Signing and Children's Yoga Class

I'll be at Posman Books on Tuesday, November 16 signing my new children's picture book, Watch Me Do Yoga.

4 - 4.30 P.M. Free children's yoga class
4.30 - 5 P.M. Book signing

Posman Books
Chelsea Market
75 9th Ave
New York, NY 10011

Come early! There is only room for 15 children!

Children must be accompanied by a responsible adult.

Exciting News!

My first children's picture book is available now and it's already been reviewed!

Watch Me Do Yoga is an engaging new children's book by Iyengar yoga teacher and illustrator Bobby Clennell. I submitted the book to a rigorous critique from an actual child. To see what my household's resident five-year-old thought, read my Watch Me Do Yoga review. —Ann Pizer, About.com

Published by Rodmell Press, click Watch Me Do Yoga to order on Amazon.

Available Now.

Three classes from a workshop that I taught in May at Studio Bamboo Institute of Yoga, Virginia Beach, are available as an audio download from iHanuman.

The three classes—Menopause, Backbends, and Inversions—are accompanied by my illustrations which take you through the poses as a downloadable pdf file.

Watch free video clips from these classes at the iHanuman.com website.

Here's another apartment available in Pune that didn't make it into this years guide. Added August 28, 2010.

• Mrs Neha Bhadsavle
• “Yeshwant” 1015/5, Shivaji Nagar, Pune: 411016, India.
• E-mail: nehabhadsavle@gmail.com
• Phone No: +91 20-25658371 (landline) +91 9371654367 (mobile)
  While dialing from within the State of Maharashtra dial 10 digits.
  While dialing from out of the State but within India prefix a digit “0” to the 10 digit cell no.
• RENT : $275
• This place is about 10 minutes away from the yoga institute.
• Ideal for Single occupancy. However, can comfortably accommodate a couple or 2 individuals.The room is on the first floor of a three storey building with an independent access. Quiet surroundings. The hosts permits use of PC & Broadband Internet, as well as use of a washing machine.
• Services of a maid are available for daily upkeep of the room and toilet.
• Near by is available a family that serves decent simple hygienic home cooked food PURE VEGETARIAN. Arrangements can be made to get the Tiffin delivered to the appartment.

Look for newly added apartments to accommodations section of the 2010 Pune Guide.

Anjali’s Kothari has two fully furnished apartments with cooking facilities at the doorstep of the Institute. One is bang opposite Chitranjan Vatika barely 300 steps away from the Institute. The second apartment is approx 1km away in Bhosale Nagar, which is a quiet peaceful residential area. Rents are reasonable.

Anjali's Helpline: Tel: (91-20)-2543-3958; mobile: 098-2325-0339
anjalikothari42@yahoo.co.in

Find this information on page 17 of the Pune Guide.

Exciting News!

My first children's picture book is due out on September 1. Published by Rodmell Press, click Watch Me Do Yoga to pre-order on Amazon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The 2010 Pune Guide is now available here. This 51-page guide provides everything the Iyengar student needs to know about the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute, accommodations, hotels, restaurants, currency, shopping and more. Also available on the Iyengar Yoga National Association US website is information on how to apply for classes.

The Women's Yoga Book has been translated into Hebrew. You can order it here from Focus Books in Israel.

Pose of the Month now includes a medical benefits section

Provided that it is practiced regularly, yoga is an effective way of maintaining health. It can also be a compliment to medical treatment and aid recovery from illness.

I am running my Pose of the Month , now expanded, for another 12 months. By December, 2010, the completed twelve poses will make up a sequence that is appropriate for beginners and experienced students alike. It will begin with a warming pose to stretch and prepare you for the session. The body of the sequence will include standing poses to build strength and stamina, inversions to boost immunity and hormone balance and a forward bend to calm and cool the mind. The sequence finishes with a resting pose. Each pose is now accompanied with a description of its medical benefits. You can also find these posted at drfranklipman.com.

Enjoy your practice!

Visit my new blog for the latest news.

The Art of Yoga: Yoga and the Arts
Yoga Samachar, vol. 13, no. 2
Fall 2009/Winter 2010

www.iynaus.org/yoga_samachar

The Sacred Thread of Yoga: a celebration
Fort Mason, San Fransicsco, California

Honouring the light of yoga as it has come down through the generations. Offered by world-renowned acknowledged exponents.

enLIGHTened. How I Lost 40 Pounds with a Yoga Mat, Fresh Pineapples, and a Beagle-Pointer. Jessica Berger Gross. Illustrations by Bobby Clennell.

Little did I guess when I first met Jessica in my prenatal class, that the journey leading to her pregnancy had been so cathartic and so special.

In this book Jessica tells the tale of that journey that took her from unhappiness and out of control eating to self- acceptance, health and personal peace. After years of struggling with fluctuating weight, she took her first yoga class and her world changed.

Never preachy, Jessica has walked the walk, and therein lays the power of this personal memoir. She skillfully and wittily weaves stories of her own personal struggles, sound information, recipes, and yoga poses into a rich and extremely readable commentary. Into this mix I was pleased to have contributed the yoga illustrations.

All women will recognize something of themselves in this inspiring and compassionate book

"YogaCity NYC is New York's premiere yoga newssite and directory.
On YogaCity NYC, you'll find event listings, classes, workshops, news, class reviews, recommendations, interviews and feature articles about our urban lifestyle; from every corner of all five boroughs."

www.yogacitynyc.com

BOOK REVIEW

Spent: End Exhaustion and Feel Great Again.
Frank Lipman, M.D. Simon and Schustercisco


Health experts and doctors have been extolling the benefits of exercise and a sensible diet for many years now, but it’s not so easy to process the mountain of information out there or to follow up on it. Now Dr. Frank Lipman in his new book, Spent: End Exhaustion and Feel Great Again, has a way of getting you to do it. Dr. Lipman, whose spirit and wisdom are grounded in thirty years of medical practice inspires and encourages us to stay on track. His easy to follow 6-week program is designed to reunite our individual patterns of behavior with the pulses and rhythms of nature.
One of the biggest issues that people face in our fast moving society is exhaustion. We eat on the run in order to keep up our busy schedule. We also suffer from anxiety, information overload and physical disconnect. Dr. Lipman with his personal blend of Western and alternative medicine presents a wealth of practical advice on staying healthy and balanced in a not too healthy world. When he talks about the bad effects of sugar prevalent in much of our breakfast foods, he pulls no punches. “ No sugar means no pancakes, French toast, bagels, muffins, most cereals, or toast”. He offers a list of tasty smoothies and other alternatives for this the most important meal of the day.
As well as diet Dr. Lipman offers cutting edge information on such diverse subjects as supplements, sleep, music and restorative yoga. Listed are the toxic ingredients contained in cosmetics and other every day items that most of us have in our bathrooms. Who knew that these substances, banned in Europe are still being used in most products sold in the U.S?
This is a must have book for anyone interested in restoring health, balance and sanity to their frazzled life.

www.spentmd.com

Bobby Clennell

Read an excerpt from The Women’s Yoga Book: Asana and Pranayama for All Phases of the Menstrual Cycle, Chapter 13: “For The Days After your period: New Beginnings”, now posted on the Iyengar Yoga National Association US website (www.iynaus.org).

The Iyengar Yoga National Association of the United States (IYNAUS)
Store is now offering retail sales in addition to wholesale purchases.

The Store is the importer of books and media published in India, written by the Iyengar family, the teachers at RIMYI (Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute in Pune), and other senior Iyengar teachers in India. Blankets, belts and eyewraps from India are also sold by the store. Other unique products specific to the Iyengar community are available including documentary media from conferences held in the United States taught by B.K.S. Iyengar and Geeta Iyengar.

The newest books available through the IYNAUS Store are authored by selected Iyengar teachers in the United States. The Woman’s Yoga Book: Asana and Pranayama For All Phases of The Menstrual Cycle can be ordered by telephone at 720-565-6885 10-3 pm mountain time with a credit card or with a check by mail order or from the online store: www.iynaus.org/store/item.php?id=115

For enquiries, email bobbiefultz@gmail.com
Direct telephone contact with a sales person and email correspondence for the IYNAUS Store will continue to be available.

Pune February, 2008

Pink Tree on the steps up to Parvaratti temple

Ganesh shrine at Parvaratti temple

Garuda

Announcing an Ask Bobby column!

Find it on a new website, www.prenatalnetwork.net. The Prenatal Network is a resource network of blogs and websites that deal with any kind of Prenatal Lifestyle-related subjects. Pregnant women and their partners can find insights on general health and well-being, childbirth education, natural childbirth, midwifery and child development. Pregnant women specifically looking for prenatal yoga, sports and fitness, music, art and bodywork will find information and referrals here.

Bobby would like to thank Norma Colon for organizing two workshops and book signings for The Woman's Yoga Book. These two happy events, the first held in June 24th and the second on June 26 were hosted by the upper east side studio, MonQi Fitness.

A Celebration of Woman's Yoga and Bobby's New Book!

On May 13, 2007, Bobby Clennell taught a benefit Woman's Yoga class for the Iyengar Institute of Greater New York. It was followed by a book signing to celebrate the publication of her new book, The Woman's Yoga Book. It was a great success and we thank everyone who came. For those of you who could not, here's a peek at the haps!

Designed by Celine Damonte for www.rodmellpress.com

Bobby Clennell, B.K.S. Iyengar, Lindsey Clennell
Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute.
Puna, INDIA
Feb 2007