Eileen Millar has been practicing Iyengar Yoga for 24 years and teaching it for 19 years. Eileen began practicing as a means to find relief from pain after a serious accident. Amazed at how effectively Iyengar yoga helped her regain her strength and mobility, she then completed a three-year teacher training program at Yoga Centre Toronto and 4 levels of National Certification and is now a Junior Intermediate 2 teacher in the Iyengar system.
She has studied at the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute in Pune, India, and and has studied with the Iyengars several times at North American Conventions and continues to take workshops with senior Iyengar teachers. In 2011 she was part of the Breast Cancer & Yoga research project at Yoga Space, Vancouver.
She continues to study each year using yoga as a therapy for common ailments with Stephanie Quirk who comes directly from Pune, India of the Iyengar Yoga Institute, to work with teachers of only the highest levels of certification.
She is known by her students as a gifted and sensitive teacher whose warmth and humour create a wonderful learning atmosphere. She is attentive to the individual needs of her students and adapts her teaching to meet those needs.
Eileen continues to advance her knowledge and skills in Iyengar Yoga, particularly in using yoga as a therapy for common ailments while pursuing the challenging task of reaching the highest levels of teacher training in Iyengar. Currently assisting Louie Ettling at the Vancouver Yoga Space, Vancouver, with training teachers for National Certification in the Iyengar system.
“I have been blessed to have the opportunity to work with Eileen Millar for 3 years. She is an incredibly dynamic teacher that takes the time to understand her individual student’s needs and goals. She is highly educated and resourceful. Eileen brings a passion to her work that is contagious.“
Jackie Kenward
Karina Paradis
Karina started her Yoga career with Pilates and hot yoga over 10 years ago. After one year of practice and injuries, she knew she needed more details on how to do yoga poses properly. A friend recommended Iyengar Yoga. She attended one class, fell in love with the technique and its` attention to details. The accessibility to each pose with the use of props ignited passion to practice and gave her confidence and eventually to enter teacher training (after 8 years).
