EVENTS
Yoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life, where you do not feel like you are constantly trying to fit broken pieces together.
B.K.S. Iyengar
2026 Planned Events
- Sunita Iyengar Online Workshop on the 28th February and 1st March, 2026.
- Birjoo Mehta Online Workshop on 25 & 26 July 2026.
- A Blockbuster Yoga Event with Abhijata Iyengar on the 14th November, 2026 in KwaZulu Natal for all yoga practitioners. This will be a morning workshop. Venue: The Kendra Hall, John Zikhali Road, Greyville, Durban
- Abhijata Iyengar Convention from the 15th to 19th November, 2026. This will be a 5-Day Workshop for Iyengar yoga practitioners. Venue: Baps Mandir complex, 4 Dexter Road, North Riding, Johannesburg.
Abhijata Iyengar
Johannesburg
Date: 15 - 19 November 2026
Born in 1984, Abhijata Iyengar began her serious yoga study at the young age of 16 under the direct guidance of her maternal grandfather, B.K.S. Iyengar, her aunt Dr. Geeta S. Iyengar, and her uncle Sri Prashant Iyengar.
Abhijata holds a Bachelor of Science in Zoology and a Master’s in Bioinformatics. She was contemplating a Ph.D. when her path changed, and she began teaching Iyengar Yoga under the tutelage of her grandfather, her aunt, and her uncle.
Continuing in her grandfather and aunt’s tradition, Abhijata is a senior teacher and leader at RIMYI in Pune and teaches internationally at Iyengar Yoga conventions around the world. She is also in charge of the therapeutic classes at the Institute. While her family’s influence is carried through in her instruction, she has developed her own unique teaching style.
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Birjoo Mehta
Online
Date: 25 & 26 July 2026
Birjoo Mehta has been a student of lyengar Yoga for 48 years. He joined Guruji Yogacharya BKS Iyengar weekend Bombay Classes in 1974 and started to assist him in the class in 1982. Guruji asked Birjoo to accompany him as an assistant on his many national and international tours from 1984 until 2011. Since 1999 he has been teaching at conventions hosted by national Iyengar Yoga associations in Europe, Americas, Africa and far east Asia.
A devoted student of Guruji, he worked as an engineer until his retirement in 2018. He has taught many in-person and online workshops for the Bellur Trust.
Abhijata Iyengar
Kwazulu Natal
Date: 14 November 2026
Abhijata Iyengar began her serious yoga study from the young age of 16 under her maternal grandfather’s direct guidance, B.K.S. Iyengar, her aunt, Dr. Geeta S. Iyengar and uncle Sri Prashant Iyengar.
Abhijata holds a Bachelor of Science in Zoology and a Masters in Bioinformatics. She was contemplating a Ph.D. when her path changed, and she began teaching Iyengar Yoga under the tutelage of her grandfather, her aunt, and her uncle.
Continuing in her grandfather and aunt’s tradition, Abhijata is a senior teacher at RIMYI in Pune and teaching internationally at Iyengar Yoga conventions around the world. She is in charge of the therapeutic classes at the institute. While her family’s influence is evident in her instruction, she has developed her own teaching style