Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco Quality, Experience and Integrity since 1974

Nora Burnett has been teaching Iyengar Yoga for more than 20 years and has been part of the life of the Institute since 1986. A graduate of the Advanced Studies/ Teacher Training Program, she is certified Junior Intermediate III. She has had the opportunity to study in India with the Iyengars 5 times and at home with Senior teachers. As a current faculty member and public class teacher, Nora is grateful to be able to share the knowledge, passed on to her, with others. She brings many years of experience in dance and bodywork to her understanding of anatomy, function, and physical challenges, and the human spirit all of which are a source of continual learning and fascination.
In her spare time, Nora might be found walking in McLaren Park or reading a novel.

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Kathy Alef has been a student of yoga since 1976. She is touched by the profound sensitive teachings of the Iyengars in Pune where she makes regular visits. This inspirational teaching enriches and nourishes her own practice and teachings. The joys and new discoveries from her practice are then happily shared with others.

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Allan Nett has been studying Iyengar Yoga for 30yrs, teaching for 20 years and holds a Jr. Intermediate III Iyengar certificate. Being a minister, holding a masters degree in geology, being a general contractor for 30 years and being a reflexologist/body worker for over 40 years has given Allan unique tools to teach with. Allan has started Yoga for the Construction Industry (yogawithyourbootson.com). Allan is accessable, open minded and interested in students understanding of the basics of Yoga. Allan teaches at IYISF and at his own studio in the Napa Valley.

Janet MacLeod fell in love with Iyengar Yoga when she took a class in London, England in 1978 and has been in love with it ever since. This strong affinity to Yoga inspired her to practice, study and later teach this very sophisticated style of yoga. She began teaching in 1981 while still enrolled in the teacher training program at the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco. she took her first of many trips to India to study with the Iyengar family in 1983. She has also attended several conventions in the USA and abroad most recently in May 2011 she travelled to Johannesburg to participate in a convention led by Geeta Iyengar. She teaches ongoing classes in San Francisco; is a member of the teacher training faculty of the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco; gives guest workshops and retreats worldwide. Janet understands the challenging nature of yoga and although her classes are demanding they have an air of lightness about them. Students are able to penetrate deeply but can also laugh once in a while.

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David Sirgany
An ardent practitioner of Iyengar Yoga for more than twenty years, David's depth and passion for the subject shine forth brightly in his teaching. He is an Iyengar certified instructor and teaches both nationally and internationally.

David has apprenticed under Senior Instructor Manouso Manos since 2001, and continues to travel regularly to India to study directly with the Iyengar family.

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Jaki Nett has taught yoga for 35 years and Iyengar yoga for 28 years. She holds an Intermediate Senior 1 Teaching Certificate. Jaki has an MA in Humanistic Psychology. She does continual study in functional anatomy, which she intertwines in her teaching. Jaki gives national and international workshops, her area of expertise is the pelvic floor. Jaki has a newly released book that deals with incontinence, A Crack in the Mask: The Felt Sense Method® - A Humanistic Approach to Managing Incontinence. "I enjoy teaching. I like having the students leave my class feeling that they worked hard, learned something, and had a good time."


Jaki Nett has a website, http://iynv.com/

Suneel Sundar is a certified Iyengar yoga teacher. He studied at the Iyengar Yoga Institute of Los Angeles while attending graduate school in mathematics. Suneel began teaching yoga in Maryland under the guidance of John Schumacher. Recently Suneel apprenticed with and taught for senior teacher Carolyn Belko in San Diego.

Suneel received instruction from Guruji B.K.S. Iyengar in 2005, and from Geetaji in 2007. He learned Sanskrit at UCLA and mythology through a lifetime of reading and hearing stories.

Suneel is very happy to join the San Francisco yoga community.

Read about Suneel's adventures in India

Michael Lucey began studying Iyengar yoga in 1982 while living in England, and from his very first class has been fascinated by the many ways yoga can transform your relation to your body, mind, and breath. A certified Iyengar teacher (Junior Intermediate II), Michael has had the good fortune over the years to study with a number of senior Iyengar teachers from both the US and abroad. Joan White has been an important mentor for him, as have Donald Moyer and Mary Lou Weprin of The Yoga Room in Berkeley. Michael completed the Advanced Studies Program at The Yoga Room in 1993, and began teaching yoga classes there in 1992. These days he studies regularly with Manouso Manos and Gloria Goldberg. He recently (June 2011) made his sixth trip to Pune to study with the Iyengar family at the Ramamani Iyengar Memorialn Yoga Institute. His teaching is clear and informative, with the goal of encouraging students to develop their own ability to explore what yoga has to offer. Along with studying and teaching yoga, Michael is also a professor of comparative literature and French at UC Berkeley.

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Kate Murphy is a graduate of the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco and a Certified Iyengar Instructor. Originally from Lancashire, England, Kate is a former cyclist and marathon runner who brings an inspiring, diligent, and down-to-earth approach to her classes. Kate is a dedicated yogini and mother who is eager to share the benefits that Yoga can bring, including increased, flexibility, balance and mindfulness. Kate studies regularly with senior Iyengar instructors Janet MacLeod and Kathy Alef.

Patricia Kalman is a certified Iyengar teacher and has experienced great benefits from yoga. She has a long interest in working with cancer patients, and is dedicated to using her teaching as vehicle for helping people find their unique relationship to the benefits of yoga. Patricia is a student of Manouso and Rita Manos.