Yoga according to B.K.S. Iyengar
The teaching of yoga according to BKS Iyengar is based on the in-depth practice of asanas (yoga postures) and pranayama (yogic breathing). Everything is done in the search for rigor, intensity, alignment and precision.
This method is characterized by:
- the attention paid to the alignment of the different parts of the body in space
- the organization of postures in sequences
- the use of props (belts, bricks, blankets, chairs, ropes…)
These basic principles allow you to develop a better physical and mental balance and bring all the benefits that yoga promises. The teaching is progressive and adapted to the physical capacities of each one. The use of props facilitates the learning of postures.
IYENGAR® Yoga is taught all over the world, according to the same principle of training, evaluation and certification of teachers. IYENGAR® Yoga teachers are assessed according to several certification levels: Base II, Junior intermediate I, II and III, Senior intermediate I, II and III, advanced diplomas. In France, nearly 500 teachers are certified Yoga IYENGAR®.
“My body is my temple and the asanas are my prayers.” BKS Iyengar
Ophélia Oullié
Ophélia Oullié, born in Paris in 1973, began rhythmic then classical dance at the age of four. At the age of eleven, she joined the classical dance conservatories of the 10th arrondissement of Paris and Vincennes.
It was at the age of 13, she was introduced to Iyengar® yoga by a fervent follower who transmitted this art to her from time to time until she met her current teacher.
At the age of 15, she began a career as a classical dancer with a European tour of “Swan Lake”. Two years later, she was admitted to the “VIIIème Jeune Ballet de France”. She then becomes intermittent performer, working in several theaters in France. Then, she left for a two-year engagement in Magdeburg (Germany). An accident during rehearsal interrupted her career., when she was 23 years old.
She travels across Europe, choreographs, practices foreign languages and tries out different professions. Back in France, she goes to teaching. She then passes a State Certificate of Sports Educator. Trained in the Pilates method.
In 2006, Finally, she began the three-year training at the Iyengar Yoga Institute in Nice with June Whittaker and Christian Pisano. She stayed for the first time in India in the summer of 2007. Travel where she left for a yoga retreat in the north and met the philopsopher Ramesh S. Balsekar in the south of India.
She became a certified Iyengar® Yoga teacher in 2009. In 2010, 2013 and 2015, she stayed four months in India at the RIMYI (Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute), in Pune. She obtained the “Junior Intermediate 3” certification in 2018 (Level 3). In September 2019, she opened the precision yoga center in the heart of Menton, in the south-east of France .
“The child in his innocence is also my Guru. As for him, the world is for me a playground.” C. Pisano
Alexandra Videloup
Sensitive to the inequalities between countries in the Global North and the Global South, Alexandra Videloup aspired to work in international cooperation for socioeconomic development. After three years of literary preparatory classes, she pursued a master’s degree in international relations at the Sorbonne, and discovered microcredit, developed in Bangladesh by Muhammad Yunus.
An encounter during a corporate internship in Cameroon prompted her to seek her first job in France, and Alexandra landed a position at Adie, the leading microfinance institution in France.
In 2007, she financed and supported a Pilates instructor, Albane Dantras, in her business creation project. She introduced her to Pilates. This practice led her to yoga through encounters and travels. It was in Tahiti that she met Jocelyne Haussaire, who lit the spark, the flame of Iyengar yoga.
Back in mainland France, Alexandra settled with her family in Menton. After working for a live performance company in Polynesia, she returned to socio-professional support.
Determined to continue practicing Iyengar yoga, she met Ophélia Oullié in 2017, between Menton and Sainte-Agnès. In 2022, she began a mentorship with Ophélia.
After conducting her mentorship alongside her position in social inclusion, she chose to leave her job in 2025 to devote herself fully to her training and teaching Iyengar yoga. Interested in both the practice and the spiritual dimension of yoga, she began a “Cultures and Spiritualities of Asia” course at the Institut Catholique de Paris in September 2025.
“Yoga is a flame that, once lit, never goes out. The more you practice, the brighter the flame.” BKS Iyengar
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