So who am I? I’m Margo von Romberg; I’m a retired teacher of Classics (I.e. Latin, Classical Greek, Classical Studies, Ancient History); I live in Scotland. I started practising yoga in 1987, and have been teaching yoga since 1998. My first training was with the Scottish Yoga Teachers’ Association (which has renamed itself Yoga Scotland -
I liked that approach so much that I worked my way through the Introductory and Foundation courses of Viniyoga Britain, then went on to complete their training course with Paul Harvey. In recent years Viniyoga Britain has renamed itself Association for Yoga Studies, essentially because Desikachar had become unhappy with the way he saw Viniyoga being sold as a brand name.
However the Association feels that it makes a great deal of sense to continue talking about “viniyoga techniques”, because the word itself says it all -
Although I am growing old and decrepit (that’s how it sometimes feels, although at other times I feel as if I am still 33), I find that yoga takes up a lot of my time, one way or another. I’m currently Director of aYs. My interest in yoga philosophy led eventually to an appointment to teach the subject to trainee yoga teachers taking the Yoga Scotland teacher training course. Much of the material on this website has been written as a result of my work as Yoga philosophy tutor. I also continue to teach a few yoga classes, and also individual students. Details are available on the aYs Scotland website.
When I’m not involved with yoga, I go hill-
The photographs on this page are just a piece of self indulgence -
