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Instructor Biographies
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Richard Schachtel
Richard has taught yoga in Seattle for 34 years and is a
Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher. As part of his commitment to keep up his
training, Richard studies each year with B.K.S., Geeta and Prashant Iyengar
for two months at their renowned Institute in Poona India where he receives
training in Asana (yoga postures), Pranayama (breath control), Medical
Therapeutic Yoga (working with students with injuries or medical conditions),
and Yoga Philosophy.
Originally certified in 1974 as a Sivananda Yoga Teacher, Richard has been
studying Iyengar Yoga since 1976 and was one of the first group of Americans
to be certified as an Iyengar Yoga teacher in 1984. Today Richard enjoys
teaching all the various levels of students including beginners, and supervises
the yoga teacher training program as well as the apprenticeship program. Many
of Seattle area’s yoga teachers as well as students from around the U.S. and
Canada have received their training in yoga with Richard.
Richard travels and gives guest Iyengar yoga workshops around the U.S. and has
taught in Australia. He has been on the teaching staff at several of the National
Iyengar Yoga Conventions. Richard has worked for eight years as an Assessor for the
B.K.S. Iyengar Yoga Association of the United States to determine which teachers
are qualified to earn the Iyengar yoga teaching credential. He operates one of only 29
authorized Iyengar Yoga Teacher Training Programs in the US, and
the only authorized Iyengar Yoga teacher trainer in the Seattle area.
Richard first trained in India with B.K.S. Iyengar in 1980 and plans to make
his 18th yoga study trip to India in December of 2009. Richard continues to
enjoy deepening his practice and sharing his many years of experience. Richard
founded the Center in 1980 and continues to serve as the Director. He is Seattle’s
most Senior Iyengar Yoga Teacher.
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