Faculty: Peter Scott, Senior Intermediate Level 3
Peter Scott has been practicing yoga since 1977 and has devoted over 30 years to the art and science of yoga. He is a Senior Iyengar Yoga Teacher based in Melbourne, Australia at Yoga Jivana (Yoga Life) Centre, which he runs with his wife Sue Scott. He began teaching in 1982 and currently runs Teacher Training Courses and Workshops in Australia and Overseas.
Peter's classes, workshops and trainings are a culmination of his years of dedicated practice and teaching. He is much loved by students in Australia and overseas for his ability to inspire and guide the practitioner along the path of yoga, and for the clarity he creates when teaching. Peter's instructions and his approach to teaching leads the student into that penetration of awareness to where body, senses, organs of action, mind and intellect work together to give lightness of body and calmness of mind during the asana practice. Through his long-term practice of yoga combined with his original study of Naturopathy and Remedial Massage (Grad. SSNT 1985), Peter has extensive knowledge of the body, its functions and how that relates to yogic wisdom.
A teacher trainer in Iyengar Yoga since 1990, Peter has specifically developed this approach for Teacher Training in Iyengar Yoga from his years of experience, to provide a clear and effective method of learning the art and science of yoga teaching and help yoga students' progress seamlessly from being in the class to standing in front and teaching the class.
History of Peter's Iyengar Certificate Levels
- Introductory Level 2: March 1987 (Inaugural Assessment in Australia)
- Junior Intermediate Level 3: November 1990, directly from B.K.S. Iyengar (also Inaugural Assessment of Junior Intermediate for Australia)
- Senior Intermediate Level 1: January 2000, directly from B.K.S. Iyengar (also Inaugural Assessment of Senior Intermediate for Australia)
- Senior Intermediate Level 2: September 2002 Directly from B.K.S. Iyengar
- Senior Intermediate Level 3: December 2011 Directly from B.K.S. Iyengar
Other Experience:
Past President of the BKS Iyengar Yoga Association of Australasia (1991-1993)
Past Chairman of Assessment BKS Iyengar Yoga Association of Australia (1999-2000)
Past Chairman of Assessment BKS Iyengar Yoga Association of Australia (2009-2010)
Iyengar Yoga Intermediate Level II Class
This special Intermediate Level II class is for students with established yoga practice who can do Sirsasana (headstand) by the wall and Sarvangasana (shoulderstand) for 3-5 minutes.
It is a complete practice and a variety of poses will be covered that will deepen your knowledge of asanas. Portions of the class can be fast paced and energizing, allowing you to practice meditation in motion. Some poses may be held for a longer period for you to deepen your awareness with precise action and alignment.
It is a perfect opportunity for you to experience how to elevate your practice safely and effectively with the refined Iyengar methods. Please note that this is a regular class and you are meant to practice, not a workshop where concepts will be presented in lengthy discussions.
Daily Schedule
15:00-17:00
Advancing Practice the Iyengar Way – Making the Difficult Easy
Are you getting frustrated that you can't seem to get certain asanas? Are you pushing through your backbends with pain? This is a perfect workshop for you to learn the unique methods created by BKS Iyengar that makes the advanced poses not only accessible, but also safe.
Practicing the advanced asana helps to nurture your courage and contentment. Improvement in the advanced asana brings confidence helps to ease your fear and develop an understanding of effortlessness. By working with the intricacies of the Iyengar Yoga, you'll be grounded in your body, as you develop a deeper and a more intelligent awareness that allows you to experience the thrill, the fun of practicing advanced poses, without the attachment to the fruit of your action.
You'll experience and learn
Foundation: How to work with the formative poses and preparatory poses to build towards more advanced asanas.
Sequencing: How to sequence the formative asanas to craft an aptitude for the more advanced asanas.
Linking: How to link distinctive actions in the body from pose to pose establishing the clarity of mind to encourage progression in asana practice.
In this workshop, you'll work with various classes of asanas, including developing the right action to make your backbends deeper and pain free and creating the best lift for inverted poses.
This course is most suitable for
- Experienced yoga practitioners who can kick up to handstand by the wall.
- Yoga teachers who wish to polish their teaching skills with the refined technicalities associated with Iyengar Yoga.
- Students or teachers who are interested in the 300+hour Iyengar Yoga Teacher Training
- Iyengar TTC graduates or certified Iyengar teachers who want to be ready to take Peter's 2017 Iyengar Yoga Junior Intermediate Training by familiarizing the more advanced Iyengar instructions and principles.
Daily Schedule
Morning Session: 10:00 -12:30
Afternoon Session: 14:30 – 17:00
CE Credits
- 10 hours of the 100 hour pre-requisite for Iyengar Yoga Teacher Training
- 10 hours of CEU credits for Yoga Alliance.
