Biography
Eliza Bishop is a certified Iyengar Yoga Instructor and Meditation Guide. She's been practicing for 16 years and teaching for 7. She lived 3 years in India and studied with the Iyengar family in Pune and Swati and Rajiv Chanchani of Yog-Ganga, with whom she still makes regular retreats.
For Eliza, the art of teaching means bringing human beings into an asana with complete involvement of body, mind, and breath, creating awareness that allows one, eventually, to study the mind. In this way the yogic and Buddhist paths merge into one and have solidified a life long path for Eliza. Yoga is for every body and can teach us all that we ultimately belong to the same family. |
Education
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and Creative Writing New College, Oxford University, Oxford, UK Bachelor Minor in Philosophy Columbia University, New York City, NY Graduate Studies in Poetry Iyengar Institute, Maida Vale, London, UK Iyengar Yoga Level 2 Certification |
Teachers
With inexpressible gratitude to His Holiness the 41st Sakya Trizin for being a radiant sun and teaching me with unceasing gentleness, clarity, and pure eloquence, to remember who I truly am. With reverence and deep appreciation to Sage Patanjali and the renowned Yoga-masters Yogacharya B.K.S. Iyengar, Srimati Geeta Iyengar and Sri Prashant Iyengar of the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute, Pune, India. Swati and Rajiv Chanchani of Yog-Ganga Centre in Old Rajpur, India. Usha Devi of Omkarananda Ganga Sadan Ashram in Rishikesh, India. Including Mary Dunn, Marcela Clavijo, and Deborah Wolk, of New York City, NY.
Testimonials
"Eliza Bishop is the best Yoga teacher you can find! I wish I could be in all her classes! As an advanced spiritual practitioner she is not only teaching physical yoga, but can transmit an integrated approach including body, speech and mind for highest benefit."
- Werner Brock
"Studying with Eliza is a joyful experience. I always learn much more than I expect to and find myself contemplating what she taught weeks later. Eliza is such an inspiration, on and off the yoga mat, and really lives her practice, which you can witness in her presence, peace, and radiance. Since joining her classes, my entire life is transforming. Eliza's classes, workshops, and retreats are blessings I carry with me. Don't miss the opportunity to study with this gem!"
- Jasmine Phillips
"From studying with Eliza, I learned a kind of ease. Eliza is very experienced, has a warm personality, and genuinely cared about me and each person in the classes so much. I think it is unique to have a teacher really care this much. Eliza is extremely knowledgable, incredibly kind, serene, and explained every detail of postures and meditation so well and clearly. Her classes are inclusive, and her temperament is equanimous. Because of Eliza, I am completely going to continue the practices of yoga and meditation, plus eat a vegetarian diet for the rest of this incarnation!"
- Octavia Heinke
- Werner Brock
"Studying with Eliza is a joyful experience. I always learn much more than I expect to and find myself contemplating what she taught weeks later. Eliza is such an inspiration, on and off the yoga mat, and really lives her practice, which you can witness in her presence, peace, and radiance. Since joining her classes, my entire life is transforming. Eliza's classes, workshops, and retreats are blessings I carry with me. Don't miss the opportunity to study with this gem!"
- Jasmine Phillips
"From studying with Eliza, I learned a kind of ease. Eliza is very experienced, has a warm personality, and genuinely cared about me and each person in the classes so much. I think it is unique to have a teacher really care this much. Eliza is extremely knowledgable, incredibly kind, serene, and explained every detail of postures and meditation so well and clearly. Her classes are inclusive, and her temperament is equanimous. Because of Eliza, I am completely going to continue the practices of yoga and meditation, plus eat a vegetarian diet for the rest of this incarnation!"
- Octavia Heinke
