October 24-October 31- Please note that my Tuesday/Thursday night class at Yoga Works in Westwood now begins an hour earlier at 7:30pm.
- I’m teaching two classes on Labor Day (September 6): All-levels at Iyengar Yoga Institute of Los Angeles, from 9:30-11am and Level 2 from 11:45am-1:15pm at Yoga Works in Westwood
- I’ll be teaching a workshop in San Jose from September 10-12 and will not be teaching my regularly scheduled classes in Los Angleles on Saturday and Sunday morning. I will be back in time to teach my Restorative class on Sunday night on 9/12.
About Marla
Marla, a Senior Intermediate level Certified Iyengar Yoga teacher, is based in Los Angeles where she is on the faculty of the three-year Teacher Training Program of the Iyengar Yoga Association of Southern California. She leads workshops and trainings throughout the U.S. and abroad.
Marla visited India for the first time while doing research for a degree in Buddhist Philosophy and has since returned numerous times for yoga studies including a year of study in Pune, India with B.K.S. Iyengar, his daughter, Geeta Iyengar and son, Prashant Iyengar. She continues to study annually with the Iyengars.
Photo by Saam Gabbay
Marla was highlighted by Yoga Journal Magazine as one of 21 in the next generation of yoga teachers helping to “shape the future of yoga.” She has been involved with medical research studies at UCLA on yoga for depression, anxiety and IBS and created the first yoga therapy content to be incorporated into the curriculum of the David Gefffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
Marla is a writer contributor for Yoga Journal Magazine and was the 2009/2010 author of the Basics column. She served as the President of the Iyengar Yoga National Association of the United States and is currently a member of the national certification committee.
Marla, a Senior Intermediate Level certified Iyengar Yoga teacher, is based in Los Angeles, where she teaches public classes and conducts teacher training in addition to teaching workshops in the US and internationally.