Yoga Bywater was established in October of 2003 in the historic Bywater neighborhood in downtown New Orleans. Founding member Heide Grace returned to New Orleans in 2008 to re-open her Yoga studio. 

Heide Grace is a certified Iyengar Yoga Instructor and teaches in the Iyengar tradition. She has been teaching since the fall of 2002 and practicing since1998.  She travels to India regularly to continue her education and study directly at the Iyengar Institute in Pune, as well as travel to the Himalayas to study meditation and yoga with Swami-ji Sundaranand. She also studies regularly with Senior Certified Iyengar Instructors Gabriella Giubilaro, Patricia Walden, and Ramanand Patel. 

The Iyengar method is based on the teachings of living yoga master B.K.S. Iyengar, author of the classic yoga text "Light on Yoga".  This method emphasizes correct alignment, strength, and flexibility.  Often to achieve this we use props such as blankets, blocks, belts, chairs, and ropes.  This is not a flow method of yoga.  In Iyengar yoga we hold the poses for increasing lengths of time to develop strength and stability. We work on standing poses, seated poses, forward bending poses, twisting poses, back bending poses, and inversions.  Emphasis on standing poses in the beginning helps to develop strength, stamina, concentration, and body alignment. As the practice progresses we start to work on more advanced poses, balancings, and inversions.  

Becca Hebert teaches Sivananda Yoga,  a relaxing and challenging form of hatha yoga which focuses strongly on unifying the body, mind and breath. This form focuses strongly on breath work to bring relaxation to the body and focus in the mind while working on strengthing asanas.

Dmitri Khorov- I am 500 hours registered yoga teacher with yoga alliance, studied and certified in Sunstone Yoga Academy in the lineage of Bihar Yoga Bharati. 

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