Mind Body Studio

11/16/2025

Our holiday Iyengar Yoga session has begun, and we’d love to welcome you to the mat. Whether you’re brand new or looking to deepen your practice, we have classes from beginner to intermediate levels.
Iyengar Yoga is a time-tested, globally respected system still led by the Iyengar family—an excellent place to begin your yoga journey.
Interested in learning more or getting on the 2026 waitlist? Reach out to Kim: kbblitch@yahoo.com.

11/13/2025

Yoga has been found to improve attention, processing speed, executive function and memory in healthy children and adults, according to a 2015 meta-analysis. A 2021 review of randomized controlled trials found that yoga was associated with improved cognition, memory and executive functions in healthy older adults.

Yoga may help reduce stress reactivity and may improve neurocognitive efficiency, which is our ability to more effectively use limited cognitive resources.

11/11/2025

❤️ Iyengar Yoga

Dorothea Barron maintains a fitness regime many half her age would struggle with – and says she feels as sprightly as she did at 16

11/10/2025

🌿 Iyengar Yoga Back Extension Workshop

Open your heart. Strengthen your spine. Breathe deeply.
Join us for a focused workshop exploring the art of safe, supported backbends.
Through the precision and alignment of Iyengar Yoga, we’ll cultivate:
• Strength and mobility in the spine
• Expansion of the chest and lungs
• Confidence and ease in heart-opening poses

All levels welcome. Props provided.
📅 November 15
🕒 1-4
📍 Mind Body Studio
🧘‍♀️ Led by Kim Blitch, Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher

10/30/2025

🌟 Registration Closes Tomorrow! 🌟

Don’t miss your chance to join our November/December holiday session of yoga. Whether you’re new or returning, now’s the time.

📧 E-mail Kim at kbblitch@yahoo.com to reserve your spot.
🌐 Or register online at iyengarlex.com
Classes are Hybrid — attend in-person or online. If you miss a week a recording will be available at your request.

⏳ The next session doesn’t start until January — get a jump-start on your physical and mental health for 2026!

Yoga is a holistic practice supporting well-being of body, mind and breath.
✅ Improve strength, flexibility & balance. 
🧘‍♀️ Reduce stress, enhance mental clarity, and build resilience. 
Make the commitment now — your future self will thank you. See you on the mat!

10/26/2025

As the year winds down, give yourself the gift of stillness and strength.
Our November–December Iyengar Yoga classes are designed to help you steady the mind, open the body, and move into the holidays with calm and clarity.

Class Schedule:
MON 6–7:15 Beginner
TUE 9:30–10:45 Gentle Beginner
5:30–6:45 Level 1
THU 9:30–10:45 Gentle Level 1
SAT 9–10:15 Beginner
SUN 9–10:15 Restorative

Take time to breathe, restore, and align during the Holiday season.
📍 Learn more or sign up: iyengarlex.com
Classes held at The Mind Body Studio-Lexington,Ky

10/11/2025

🌿 Pranayama for Beginners: The Abdominal Release Gap 🌿

When setting up for pranayama, beginners are often asked to leave a small gap between the low back and the bolster. This adjustment is simple but very purposeful.

✨ Here’s why the gap matters:
- Abdominal Release: Many beginners struggle to relax the abdomen inward. By leaving the lumbar spine (waistline) unsupported, the abdomen naturally softens and recedes towards the back—rather than puffing outward.

- Comfort & Safety: If the low back presses fully into the bolster, some may feel ache or strain around the waist. The gap removes this pressure, allowing the body to stay comfortable during longer breathwork.

- Stage of Practice: More advanced alignment involves the low back resting fully on the bolster, but only when the abdomen can stay soft. For beginners, prioritizing release is more important than perfect rib alignment. If the belly lifts or puffs, it’s a signal that the gapped setup is needed.

🌬️ The gap is not a compromise—it’s a teaching tool. It helps you start pranayama safely, preventing discomfort while building awareness of the abdomen’s release.

💡 Next time you practice, observe: Does your abdomen truly soften back, or do you need the gap?



🌍 https://www.bksiyengaryogashala.com/

09/25/2025

A student reflects
In a recent class, a teacher brought awareness to how the clutter of thoughts can keep us trapped there and stop us from creating a sense of space, preventing the mind from coming to stillness. I witnessed this when doing Janu Sirsasana in which I became attached to the idea of being able to do more.

As I focussed on the fact that I couldn’t perform the pose on that day as well as I usually could, agitation and frustration arose in me. I was trapped in thoughts of ‘Why am I so stiff? Why is the pose so difficult for me today? Why can’t I easily access the twist like I normally can? I normally do better.’ Remaining in this reactive state, instead of focussing on the breath to release the resistance, I came out of the pose early as if giving up. This teaching along with performing the asana, exposed in me a tendency to always want to improve and to not accept where my body is in any given moment. Being busy in thoughts, I was unable to practice Vairagya which prevented me from creating stillness in my mind and finding ease in the pose.

https://study.yogamandir.com.au/courses/y-01/

09/24/2025

In this sutra Patanjali points us towards a practice that is both simple and immeasurably deep. The repetition of Aum is not merely a sound or a ritual act; it is a vibration that resonates with the very ground of being.
When it is repeated with feeling, with the mind turned inward it draws us gradually away from the dispersal of attention and towards the source of our own consciousness.

09/23/2025

Tuesdays with Prashant ✨ September edition

"Yoga is for the mind. It should be done by the body for the mind. Since yoga is done by the body, it is possible that one might do it by the body and just for the body"~ Prashant

Our "Tuesdays with Prashant" quote series highlights Prashant Iyengar’s wisdom, insights and teachings on classical yoga.

09/17/2025

We have been exploring the use of the belt in the Sunday pranayama class at Iyengar Yoga Lexington. If you are interested in pranayama consider joining a weekly class at The Mind Body Studio. Sign up iyengarlex.com

The belt on the lower ribs prevents them from hardening and protruding forward . This helps the diaphragm to relax which in turn is conducive to a pranayama practice.

"Pranayama is not normal breathing-nor is it just deep breathing. It is the technique of generating cosmic vital energy through the fusion of the antagonistic elements of fire and water. Fire is the quality of mind, and water is the element that corresponds to the physiological body. Water douses fire, and fire evaporates water so they are not easily brought together. Air is the interface whose flow in the lungs provides the dynamic stream that fuses water and fire and produces an energetic current of prana. This spreads through the nervous system and bloodstream and is distributed around the body, rejuvenating every cell. The earth element in the form of the body, provides the physical location for the production of energy, and the fifth and most subtle element, space or ether, offers the space required for the energy's distribution. The need for a harmonious and symmetrical space explains the importance of the spine and its supporting musculature, for the spine is the central column of the nervous system. By lifting and separating the thirty-three articulations of the vertebral column, and by opening the ribs from the spine like a tiger's claws, we deepen and lengthen the breath."

BKS Iyengar
Light On Life

09/11/2025

“Yoga is a naturopathic process of treatment. The progress is slow but certain.” – Geeta S. Iyengar

Forward bends calm the mind and help release anxiety, tension, and mental stress.

Join me for a Forward Bends Workshop

🗓 Saturday, Sept. 20 | 🕐 1–4 PM

💫 All levels welcome | 💲 $50

Reserve your spot: iyengarlex.com