Iyengar Yoga Therapy

Yoga for Health Conditions and Injuries - Personalised, evidence-informed yoga in small classes to support pain management, mobility and confidence. Build a safe, self-managed practice with specialist, individual guidance, a personalised plan, and props.

Book 4-Week Therapy Pass
Book 8-Week Therapy Pass

Evidence-informed
Based on therapeutic Iyengar Yoga methods used worldwide to support a range of health conditions.

Supports self-management
Learn a personalised sequence to help you manage your condition more independently.

Mobility & pain management
Improve steadiness and movement, help ease pain, and feel more at ease in your body.

  • Iyengar Yoga Therapy adapts yoga postures using precise alignment, sequencing and props to meet individual health needs.

    The aim is to reduce strain, ease symptoms, and help you build a safe practice over time.

  • Therapy classes can help if you’re living with pain, injury, illness, reduced mobility, or low confidence in movement.

    Many students notice improved stability, less pain and stiffness, better breathing, and a clearer understanding of what supports their condition.

    • Tailored sequence based on your history, symptoms and goals

    • Very small groups with close support

    • Specialist therapeutic Iyengar teacher

    • Props for safety and accessibility (chairs, bolsters, belts, blocks, blankets)

    • Calm, supportive environment to ease symptoms and build confidence

  • If you are in pain? if you cannot join a regular class? young or old? sporty or not? stiff or flexible? Yoga Therapy can be for anyone.

    Mental health
    Stress, anxiety, depression, grief

    Joint & musculoskeletal
    Back pain, knee or hip conditions, arthritis, post-injury, pre/post joint replacement

    Respiratory & immune
    Asthma, autoimmune conditions, rheumatoid arthritis

    Cardiovascular
    Cardiac conditions, high blood pressure

Jo and Gerda ..restored my hope of overcoming the pain & also guided me on the path to recovery. Through patience and consistent weekly sessions... I am now pain free the majority of the time"

-Jacqueline

“Jo and Gerda have made a huge difference to my quality of life in regaining pain-free joy in activities that matter to me.”

-Kath

How Booking Works

Therapy classes are booked in structured blocks to support continuity and progress.

  • No individual drop-in sessions

  • Choose a 4-week or 8-week pass

  • Ideally attend consecutively (your pass allows some flexibility)

Pricing and Booking

4-week therapy pass: £112
8-week therapy pass: £200

Sessions are held in very small groups and include individual guidance and tailored sequences.

No individual drop-in sessions are available.

Buy a 4 week Therapy class pass
Buy 8 week Therapy class pass

Photo credit IYA UK

  • "In whatever position one is in, or in whatever condition in life one is placed, one must find balance. Balance is the state of the present, the here and now."

    BKS Iyengar

  • “Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured.”

    BKS Iyengar

  • “Do not think of yourself as a small, compressed, suffering thing. Think of yourself as graceful and expanding, no matter how unlikely it may seem at the time.”

    BKS Iyengar

  • Surrender to what is. Let go of what was. Have faith in what will be"

    Sonia Ricotta

  • Iyengar Yoga & Long Covid Pilot Study

    Iyengar Yoga UK - Pilot Study results

    Covid: A recovery program

  • Yoga for Persistent Fatigue in Breast Cancer Survivors: Results of a Pilot Study

    Yoga reduces inflammatory signaling in fatigued breast cancer survivors: A randomized controlled trial

    Yoga helped Petra deal with a difficult diagnosis, now she’s helping others

  • Iyengar yoga for treating symptoms of osteoarthritis of the knees: a pilot study

    IYA UK - Iyengar Yoga for knee health

  • Effectiveness of Iyengar yoga in treating spinal (back and neck) pain: A systematic review

    Yoga as Therapeutic for Low Back Pain - Spine Health Foundation

  • My Story of Iyengar Yoga and Multiple Sclerosis

    Garth Mclean on Iyengar Yoga and Multiple Sclerosis

  • Reduction of anxiety and pain in primigravida mothers with modified Iyengar yoga: A clinical study

    The characteristics and effectiveness of pregnancy yoga interventions: a systematic review and meta-analysis

  • Iyengar yoga may help with common heart rhythm disorder

    A Multi-Centre Study on the Effects of Iyengar Yoga on Health Related Quality of Life in Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Below are examples of research, studies and newspaper articles exploring the use of Iyengar Yoga in supporting different health conditions. This list is not exhaustive.

 

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