About Nancy Kardon

Certified as an Iyengar Yoga teacher in 2000, I  am still learning and will never stop learning.

In 1995 I opened the Iyengar Yoga Scarsdale Studio and currently teach at Scarsdale Public Library and Gilda's Club Westchester. Over the past years, I taught Yoga at several Westchester Yoga studios, schools, two homeless shelters, and with abused women at My Sister’s Place. For over ten years, I volunteered to teach Yoga at the Mental Health Association of Westchester at Sterling Clubhouse.

Trained as a modern dancer (dance major at Sarah Lawrence College), I began meditation practice in 1973, studying with Tibetan Buddhist Lama Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche and participating in his communities (including Seminary and other residential communities and retreats) through 1976.

In 1994, I began Iyengar Yoga study with Mary Dunn. Mary was instrumental in establishing the New York City and San Francisco Iyengar Institutes and the Iyengar Yoga Association of the United States (IYNAUS).

I studied in Pune, India, at the source with B.K.S., Gita, and Prashant Iyengar at Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute for six-month-long trips between 2000-2018.  

Life is my teacher, and I have boundless gratitude and appreciation for all my Yoga teachers, past and present. I currently study with Corine Biria of Centre de Iyengar Yoga Paris. Senior Iyengar teachers Jess Becker and Victoria Austin are mentor teachers and friends. Lois Steinberg has been a periodic therapeutics teacher for many years. I take a monthly Zoom class with Firooza Ravi, informed by Prashant Iyengar’s current teaching. 

For over two decades, I have participated in live meditation workshops and online courses with esteemed Buddhist teacher Pema Chodron and currently meet with Westchester Meditation Center.

Degrees & Certifications

B.A. English Stanford University 1971

M.A. Psychology Graduate Faculty of The New School for Social Research 1974

M.A. Dance Therapy New York University School of Education 1978

Iyengar Yoga Teacher Certification 2000

CIAYT certified International Association of Yoga Therapists 2017