Iyengar Yoga Center of Denver offers:

Gary Reitze began practicing Iyengar Yoga in 1986 to rehabilitate from a number of injuries including five shoulder surgeries. Soon he became fascinated with and dedicated to the spiritual path of Yoga and wanted to share his passion with others. He began teaching in 1990 and has taught regularly since. Gary has studied with BKS Iyengar in India on three occasions, and continues his study with senior teachers. He has taken over 600 hours of teacher training, is a master teacher with over 10,000 hours of teaching experience, possesses extensive knowledge of therapeutics, and is an intermediate certified teacher.

Gary’s style of teaching is precise and detailed, incorporating a passion for the physical postures and helping his students reduce pain so they can engage in the activities they love. He is devoted to the spiritual path of yoga and also studies Ayurveda, the ancient system of medicine from India. Gary has a love of nature, climbs peaks in the summer and skis in the winter.

Lisa Beckwith Wolf started practicing Iyengar Yoga in 1997 in an effort to heal runners’ knees. In 2001 Lisa attended a 4 week Yoga intensive in Blacons, France with Faeq Biria. Her experience in Blacons kick started a 3 year teacher training program in Paris, FR which included instructing at the Centre de Iyengar Yoga de Paris, assisting in the medical (including prenatal) and level 1 classes taught by Corine Biria. In August 2004 she received her Introductory Level 2 certificate. Then in September 2004 she traveled to Pune, India, where she studied under Geeta and Prashant Iyengar. Lisa’s yogic path continues in her home town of Denver, Colorado where she resides with her husband, daughter, dog & cat.

Emma Addison has been practicing therapeutic massage with a variety of techniques for over 20 years. At present, Emma offers an overall healing session that includes gentle to medium massage pressure and marma point therapy. Marma means mystical. According to the ancient sage Charak who wrote the original treatise on Ayurved, the human being has 108 pranic points located specifically throughout the body. Using high quality aromatherapy capsulated in herbalized transdermal shea better on these points, in conjunction with mantra technique, balance can be restored to the individual on physical as well as emotional levels.

Lisa Beckwith Wolf started practicing Iyengar Yoga in 1997 in an effort to heal runners’ knees. In 2001 Lisa attended a 4 week Yoga intensive in Blacons, France with Faeq Biria. Her experience in Blacons kick started a 3 year teacher training program in Paris, FR which included instructing at the Centre de Iyengar Yoga de Paris, assisting in the medical (including prenatal) and level 1 classes taught by Corine Biria. In August 2004 she received her Introductory Level 2 certificate. Then in September 2004 she traveled to Pune, India, where she studied under Geeta and Prashant Iyengar. Lisa’s yogic path continues in her home town of Denver, Colorado where she resides with her husband, daughter, dog & cat.