Marla Apt ist eine der bekanntesten Iyengar Yoga Lehrerinnen in den USA.
Auf dem Weg nach Indien hat sie für einen Retreat im Schwarzwald Halt gemacht.
Es waren zwei sehr intensive und lehrreiche Tag in Todtmoos bei Sabine Kühner (www.yoga-am-bach.de).
Marla legt sehr viel Wert auf das Alignment und unterrichtet sehr bildlich.
Based in Los Angeles
Marla Apt is a Senior level Iyengar Yoga teacher
who was highlighted by Yoga Journal magazine as
one of twenty-one young yoga teachers helping
to shape the future of yoga. She has been involved
with medical research studies at UCLA on
yoga for depression, anxiety and IBS and created
the first yoga therapy content to be incorporated
into the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine’s
curriculum. She is a
writer/contributor for Yoga Journal and Yoga
International magazines.
Marla visited India for the first time while doing
research for a degree in Buddhist Philosophy and
has since returned numerous times for yoga
studies including a year of study in Pune, India
with B.K.S. Iyengar, his daughter, Geeta Iyengar
and son, Prashant Iyengar. She continues to study
annually with the Iyengars in India.
Accomplishments
Marla served as the President of the Iyengar Yoga
National Association of the United States and is a
member of the national certification committee.
She was honored in 2013 by the Iyengar Yoga
Association of Southern California with the
Manouso Manos Leadership award. She is
pursuing her interest in making the healing
benefits of yoga available to communities in need
as founding board member of the non-profit
organization, Iyengar Yoga Therapeutics. She
teaches in Los Angeles, conducts teacher training
in Southern and Northern California and leads
workshops throughout the U.S. and abroad.
