Center for Iyengar Yoga

Center for Iyengar Yoga You can't find this anywhere else in Metro Detroit.

Our Center Director, Christopher Briney brings 28 years of continuous study (currently under Prashant Iyengar), advanced Iyengar Yoga Teacher and Yoga Therapist certifications to his yoga students.

Join us today for a Livestream: Asana class with CFIY Director, Christopher Briney live from Pune, India.8:30 AM (EDT) S...
09/13/2026

Join us today for a Livestream: Asana class with CFIY Director, Christopher Briney live from Pune, India.

8:30 AM (EDT)
Sunday, September 13

Register via link in bio to receive Zoom login credentials.

09/09/2026

🙏 To Our Center for Iyengar Yoga Community…

Many of you have practiced with Christopher for years—and some for decades. Your commitment, trust, and presence have helped make our Center the special community it is today. ❤️

If your time at the Center for Iyengar Yoga in Royal Oak has been meaningful to you, we would be so grateful if you would share your honest experience in a Google review.

Your words can help someone searching for yoga discover the depth of Iyengar Yoga, the value of experienced teaching, and the community we’ve built together.

⭐ Share your experience here:
Center For Iyengar Yoga https://share.google/rje15c0AA3WCgmqfr

There’s no “right” thing to say—simply share what your practice and your experience at the Center have meant to you.

Thank you for growing and practicing with us. 🙏

Center for Iyengar Yoga
Royal Oak, Michigan

09/09/2026

What do you find when you look into the yoga teachings you practice? Where do they come from? From how far back do they come? How long have they been under cultivation?

The answers will tell you a lot about how far the teachings will take you. Don’t settle for anything less than the ultimate!

CALLING ALL SINCERE YOGA PRACTITIONERS:Ignite your personal, spiritual, and yogic growth TONIGHT (September 8th, and eve...
09/08/2026

CALLING ALL SINCERE YOGA PRACTITIONERS:

Ignite your personal, spiritual, and yogic growth TONIGHT (September 8th, and every other Tuesday in September) at 8:00 p.m. (EDT)

FREE DISCOURSE ON YOGA PRACTICE AND PHILOSOPHY.

See details below, and how to obtain link to request Zoom credentials.

Join the CFIY community for an exploration of the profound and transformative wisdom contained in the yoga tradition, to...
09/08/2026

Join the CFIY community for an exploration of the profound and transformative wisdom contained in the yoga tradition, tonight and every Tuesday in September (September 8, 15, 22, and 29), at 8:00 p.m. EDT.

All sessions are free and open to the public and will be led by CFIY Director, and Metro Detroit's only Level III Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher, Christopher Briney. Christopher will be zooming the session live from Pune, India, where he is spending the month of September studying at Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute (RIMYI).

Email [email protected] to receive Zoom login credentials.

Atop the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute (the Yogashala founded by B.K.S. Iyengar in 1975, and to which hundreds of thousands of yoga students from dozens of countries have flocked ever since) sits a shrine to Hanuman. Hanuman is emblematic of a perfected yogi in every way, combining enormous physical and mental power with the spiritual qualities of profound awareness, sensitivity, selflessness, and devotion. This is but the beginning of the story.

Prashant Iyengar writes, “If you hold a stethoscope to your heart, you can hear your heartbeat. But if there [was] a possibility . . . of checking Hanuman’s heartbeat with a stethoscope, then without hearing the heartbeat only the chanting of the name Shrī Rāma, Shrī Rāma will be heard.

What qualities are you cultivating within yourself through your yoga practice?

And so the journey begins. I am deeply grateful to be visiting the Ramamani Iyengar Memorials Yoga Institute ( ) in Pune...
09/05/2026

And so the journey begins. I am deeply grateful to be visiting the Ramamani Iyengar Memorials Yoga Institute ( ) in Pune, India. In a world where yoga seems so much about the “show,” the sensationalism, getting “blissed out,” it is so refreshing to be in a place guided by quiet, sincere reflection on what the genuine yoga tradition teaches, and an earnest attempt to embody those principles, this becoming a better and nobler version of oneself. Of course there is tremendous “power” in the yoga (in nearly 30 years of practice, I have never quite used my legs so potently in standing asanas), but the real power lies not in the yoga we “do,” but rather in what the yoga we do can do to us!

I am inspired to share my take on this tradition as I immerse myself in its study this month. Join me online via Zoom, or come to the Center to utilize our props and practice hall during the livestream, for classes September 6, 13, 19 and 26 at 8:30 a.m. (EDT).

Come for live in-person (or Zoom) classes with Dr. Michelle Akler, fresh from her own growth adventure of a “medical mission” trip where she volunteered her ophthalmological skills to provide essential vision services to patients in Kenya, Africa. Classes will be held on Sunday, September 20 and 27 at 9:00 a.m. (EDT).

Yoga is meant to be meaningful and transformative, not just “exercisive.” We are committed to providing this at the Center for Iyengar Yoga.

Register today via link in bio, or at https://www.centerforiyengaryoga.com/class-schedule-pricing.

09/03/2026

A bit delayed posting this. Days have been full in Pune, what with 5-7 hours of practice per day, plus study, and some extra naps to dissolve the jet lag. Still worth sharing, in my opinion: Leg 2 of the flight (Amsterdam to Delhi) complete. Watch your step.

Where else do you see dogs milling about at the airport?

🇮🇳❤️

08/28/2026

The journey begins. What a privilege and, as my teacher, Prashant Iyengar often reminds his students, a responsibility! I intend to make the most of this opportunity to study genuine yoga at an extraordinary depth.

06/05/2026

Whether you love it or loathe it, it makes a difference to really know it!

SATURDAY, JUNE 6
1:00 - 3:30 p.m. (Eastern Time)
ECHOES OF FREEDOM
AN IYENGAR YOGA WORKSHOP

Featuring distilled teachings from the lineage of B.K.S. Iyengar: Prashant Iyengar, Srineeth Sridharan, Abhijata Iyengar, as taught by Metro Detroit’s only Level III Certified Iyengar Yoga teacher and Director of the Center for Iyengar Yoga, Christopher Briney.

Christopher Brings nearly 30 years of yoga experience, nearly 25 years of continuous study of Iyengar Yoga, over 12 years of study with Prashant Iyengar, as well as recent immersions in the teachings of Srineeth Sridharan (B.K.S. Iyengar’s grandson). In addition, Christopher recently attended the National Iyengar Yoga Association of the United States’ () triennial convention, “Cultivating Freedom,” which was led by Abhijata Iyengar (B.K.S. Iyengar’s granddaughter).

When asked about this workshop, Christopher said, “There is so much more to yoga than what we normally see. If practitioners can see deeper into the subject, it will radically transform not only their practice, but the very fabric of who they are. The teachings of Iyengar Yoga, particularly as I have experienced them from this lineage of teachers, are a sure way to see deeper into the subject of yoga, and thus transform yourself. It is my aim to help my students know yoga in greater and greater depth, because that’s what brings out the best in them.”

Only 5 in-person spaces left!

Register today (see link in bio, or visit: https://www.centerforiyengaryoga.com/class-schedule-pricing/freedomworkshop) and begin your journey to the Ultimate!

This workshop will also be live-streamed via Zoom. Register now to receive login credentials.

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1204 E. 11 Mile Road
Royal Oak, MI
48067

Opening Hours

Monday 8:45am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 6:15am - 7:30pm
Wednesday 10am - 3pm
5:15pm - 9:15pm
Thursday 8:30am - 7:30pm
Friday 6:15am - 3pm
Saturday 7:15am - 3:45pm
Sunday 8:30am - 12pm

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