Richard Jonas

Having just found this site I am writing this over a year after you left us. Thank you, Richard, for the years of closeness we shared. I see from this site how very much you were and are loved and realize how very lucky I was to be close you. Love always, Purna

Richard was so kind to my brother and my whole family loved him.

It's awful that Richard died. As everyone says, Richard hasn't really passed away, just returned to peace and happiness, and what he enjoyed most, books and yoga. We shouldn't cry, for that's not what Richard would like us to do, but instead whenever we think of him let's think of him with happiness.

We will especially remember his kindness and we can still feel him with our heart, for actions mark a permanent place in us.

I remember staying at his house when I was a child, and...

Richard left us his precious gift of teaching yoga enveloped with his profound wisdom--a gift which has eternal impact on those who studied with him. His teaching has helped so many including myself to integrate our body, mind and spirit in his special way and make Iyengar yoga not just about poses but rather a way of living. He was a great role model of an ethical and spiritual life always kind, compassionate and caring. Richard was such a talented teacher, so passionate about what he...

Richard and I were together at the Institute for Teachers Training. He was always cooperative and loving person. We met two to three times in Pune, India to attend yoga classes at RIMYI. His first question was about the wellbeing of my wife. Richard will be missed for years to come.

Namase.

Richard was always a tall, gentle, friendly prescence in the busy, intense world of NYC and Iyengar yoga.
He was kind and generous. I"ll always remember this kindness. It stood out and it left a deep impression.

Richard was one of my first teachers of Iyengar Yoga. I started to take classes at the McBurney YMCA in 2002. He will be missed.

I met Richard when I started taking yoga classes at the YMCA on Wednesday afternoons. I was so so stiff and unsure I could ever do yoga , Richard, encouraged me and always can up with ways that I could do a pose I thought I was never going to be able to do, like shoulder stand. He was the kindest and will be greatly missed. May he rest in Peace

Richard- I loved connecting to you and feeling your warmth, presence, and no-nonsense sensibility. I will miss you and treasure our memories together.