Eleanor Himmler began practicing yoga in the 70s in what she now calls “sloppy yoga” style. She attended her first Iyengar yoga workshop in the 80s and learned not to hyper-extend her knees — a revelation — and her knee pain went away. She was hooked. Studying at the Colorado School of Iyengar Yoga (CSIY), she became fascinated with the detailed muscular alignment instruction. Through Iyengar yoga, Eleanor not only lost knee pain, she gained arches in her feet. She’ll happily tell you the whole story some day.

Eleanor’s yoga career includes nearly 20 years of teaching all levels of yoga plus many issue-specific classes and workshops ranging from seniors to cancer survivors to HIV/AIDS. She’s enhanced her own knowledge and education participating in various workshops and retreats with senior Iyengar teachers such as Felicity Green and Manouso Manos. And finally, Jeanne Ann Walter, the owner of the now-closed CSIY studio, is not only a long-time friend, but a wealth of yogic information that she generously shares.

In addition to yoga, Eleanor is also a licensed massage therapist, and has been providing clients with therapeutic massage for as long as she’s been teaching yoga. This dual knowledge in yoga and massage is her special power when it comes to understanding the human body and how it moves and functions.

Eleanor is a huge promoter in the belief that Iyengar yoga can be a lifetime practice and that one can begin at any stage of life and acquire its benefits.