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I have been teaching Iyengar Yoga for almost 50 years. During that time I have visited the Iyengar Yoga Institute in Pune on several occasions, the most recent being in 2025. When possible I attended classes with BKS Iyengar in London and Paris and with Geeta Iyengar in the UK and the US. I qualified as a Senior Iyengar Yoga Teacher (now called Level 3) in 2000 and I have given most of my working life to studying and teaching both in the UK and abroad. I began my yoga experience whilst at university. My mum Lilian Biggs (also my teacher until her death in 2005), sent me a copy of ‘Light on Yoga’ by BKS Iyengar. She had just come across this form of yoga and was sure I would also be interested. I learnt and practised from the book for two years before I was able to find a class to attend, but the seed was sown deep and I have continued with the practice which has become a part of who I am. Sheila and her Mum with BKS Iyengar (Pune 1994) Sheila and her Mum with BKS Iyengar (Pune 1994) I qualified to teach Iyengar Yoga in 1980 but have now taught without a break since 1987, after the birth of my third child. I continued to upgrade my teaching certificate with further study, reaching J

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