Lou Rajhas Iyengar (born Lou Alexandra Asselin Marante) was born in Venezuela to a French father and Venezuelan mother. She grew up around Yoga, occasionally seeing both her father and step father practice it. When she was 16 Theresa Rowland (family friend, Iyengar Yoga teacher and the owner of Studio Yoga in New Jersey) invited her to her first Yoga class at Studio Yoga in Madison-New Jersey. But it wasn’t until she was 19 that she started practicing consistently. She completed her Iyengar Yoga teacher training with Theresa Rowland in 2005. In 2007 she moved to New York City and met Deborah Wolk and Alison West with whom she studied extensively Yoga for Back Care and Yoga for Scoliosis.  Lou also met Arun at Studio Yoga and studied with him for over 15 years.

Lou’s first trip to India to study with the Iyengar family in 2013 was a major turning point for her and her relationship to Yoga and life. She was exposed for the very first time to Prashant Iyengar’s teachings, which gave her a much greater scope of what Yoga encompasses. It was then that she began to see “YOG” everywhere and in everything. Prashantji’s teachings of philosophy and esoteric thought opened the window to help her go “beyond posture” and lead her “closer to Asana”.

After 20 years in the US, she relocated to Paris with her husband Rajhas where they spent 5 years teaching and making a family. With their little boy Abhimanyu they have recently moved to a remote area in Les Cevennes (Lozere) where they continue to teach and conduct residential workshops. Lou’s teaching style is firm yet compassionate.

Lou has been teaching since 2002 and is an Iyengar Yoga certified teacher.