BIO

dela is a Certified Iyengar Teacher and has been devoted to the method since 1997. She studied with the Iyengar family in Pune, India in 2006 and again in 2011. Her classes encompass a wide range of asana and pranayama with occasional discussion of yoga philosophy. She encourages students to gently and consciously expand and understand their physical, mental and emotional boundaries.

Her primary teachers are Manuso Manos, Kofi Busia, Anna Delury, and Paul Cabanis. dela also holds a B.A. in Media Studies and Painting from Pomona College and is a Certified Massage Therapist.

FROM THE YOGA SUTRAS OF PATANJALI
(translated by B.K.S. Iyengar)

I.33 maitri karuna mudita upeksanam sukha duhkha punya apunya visayanam bhavanatah citta prasadanam

Through cultivation of friendliness, compassion, joy, and indifference to pleasure and pain, virtue and vice respectively, the conciousness becomes favourably disposed, serene and benevolent.

CURRENT SCHEDULE

  • MONDAY
  • WEDNESDAY
    • 6:00pm-7:30pm
    • Phoenix Fitness - Level 1-2
    • 2515 East Washington Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91104
    • (626) 398-5800
  • SATURDAY
    • 9:30am-11:00am
    • Yoga House - Level 1-2
    • 11 West State Street, Pasadena, CA 91105
    • (626) 403-3961
    • http://www.yogahouse.com
  • Private lessons available by appointment.