Iyengar Yoga carefully focuses on body awareness and alignment - systematically working through a sequence of postures called 'Asanas'. Mostly, one could expect to start the class with a quiet few moments of preparation. In a beginner’s class, the emphasis is on the standing poses to build strength, stability and stamina before being able to move on with the practice. With the teacher’s guidance one is enabled to learn the fundamentals of how to adjust and align the body correctly - the correction of the body alignment is what makes Iyengar Yoga profoundly different from other yoga practices.

The practice could then focus on specific postures for that day such as more standing postures, inverted postures, back bends, recuperative postures or breathing exercises called pranayama. The class will end with recuperative and re-energising postures. Students will often say they walk away from an Iyengar Yoga class taller, straighter & full of energy in spite of having worked hard. They also say that they can sleep better, are more self-confident and feel more at peace.