I’ve gone on many journeys. Never did I realize that one of my most fulfilling journeys would be in the hills of Sri Lanka. For a year, women from Nepal, Germany, the UK, Argentina and Chile, the Philippines and the US, met every Wednesday morning for a yoga class taught by Jean, who called herself a “white Rhodesian.” When my family returned to Madison, I was curious about continuing yoga and came across the “Iyengar Wellness Center” on Mound Street. What does “Iyengar” mean? It took me a year to realize I knew nothing at all about yoga, and many more years before I realized that there was more to it than just “doing” yoga. My wonderful teachers—Roger, Tom and Faith– were patient and caring. I knew they had gone to India to learn from B.K.S. Iyengar, but I did not realize its significance at the time. Then Mary Dunn came to Madison; I started going to workshops at Chris Saudek’s studio in La Crosse and here at the Yoga Co-op, loving the Iyengar yoga tradition as it takes me deeper into a continuing journey inwards.
Gina C.

