about ty chandler
Originally from Saskatchewan, Ty made her home on the West Coast of Canada in 1983 and now resides in Victoria B.C.
Her yoga studies began in the late 80's, intensifying when she began teacher training in 1997 with the Iyengar Yoga Centre of Victoria (IYCV), one of Canada's oldest and direct Iyengar communities founded by her long time teacher Shirley Daventry French. She completed the teacher training program under the direction of Linda Benn in 2000.
Since 2001, Ty has made multiple trips to India (Pune and Bellur), as well as 14 visits to Blacons and Chaise Deux France to study with Faeq and Corine Biria. Since the pandemic she continues to study with many other luminaries in the Iyengar method.
Ty is a teacher trainer with the IYCV and assessor for the Iyengar Yoga Association of Canada (IYAC). She serves on PD boards for the IYCV.
Locally, Ty teaches at various community centers, virtually and with the IYCV. She has taught workshops all over Canada and internationally in Hong Kong, Singapore, Costa Rica. Each year she teams with Iyengar Yoga Calgary for 3 weeks of practice intensives in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
As a teacher, Ty helps students find the gifts of yoga through committed study and practice. She supports and encourages each student to examine and refine their relationship to themselves using the tools given in the Iyengar practice. Infused with enthusiasm, devotion and detail - she helps students connect to the discipline of yoga where insights are revealed and a path towards holistic health are found.
Certified at Level 3 (Received Intermediate Senior 1, Jan. 2017)
Ty continues her studies in Ayurveda and is a dedicated practitioner of Bhakti music.
thank you to my teachers
BKS Iyengar
"Yoga is a light, which once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter the flame." Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja (BKS) Iyengar was born on December 14, 1918. Guruji was a victim of malaria, typhoid and tuberculosis in his childhood . At the age of 16 he was introduced to yoga by his Guru Sri T. Krishnamacharya. At the age of 18 he was sent to Pune by his guru to teach yoga. He married and founded a family with his wife Ramamani. In 1975 he established the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute (RIMYI). Guruji was a sincere and committed practitioner. His own practice helped him to explore and achieve perfection in yoga asanas. He discovered through self-study how subtle movements not only complete an asana but give it a new quality and dimension. The precise, detailed work on the body gives the body an inner dynamic. For Guruji, yoga was a philosophy, science and art at the same time. He developed props, such as belts, pads, chairs, ropes or benches, which help in the practice of the postures.
Shirley Daventry French
Shirley Daventry French is the founder of the Iyengar Yoga Centre of Victoria and direct student of B.K.S. Iyengar
Faeq Biria
Faeq Biria is the founder of the Centre de Yoga Iyengar de Paris and close disciple of B.K.S. Iyengar for more than 34 years.
ty’s certificates
Dynamic
"Action is movement with intelligence. The world is filled with movement. What the world needs is more conscious movement, more action." - B.K.S. Iyengar
