Classes are taught by Senior,intermediate and introductory level Iyengar teachers. All the teachers at the Institute are qualified, current members of the IYA(UK).

Jayne Orton is the Director of the Iyengar Yoga Institute of Birmingham which opened in 2002 with BKS Iyengar's blessings. She started practising Iyengar Yoga as a teenager in 1975 and has visited the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute in Pune over 20 times to study directly with the Iyengars. She started to teach in Birmingham in 1980 and has continued to do so ever since. In June 2000 she was awarded a Senior Level III teaching certificate by the Iyengar Yoga Association (UK) and in December 2011 was awarded an Advanced Junior Level 1 certificate by BKS Iyengar himself. Jayne is the Midlands' most experienced and longstanding Iyengar teacher. She also gives workshops throughout the UK, Europe and North America and conducts teacher training at Introductory, Intermediate and Senior levels.

Jayne has a keen interest in Yoga for sportspersons and since 2005 has been Yoga consultant to Birmingham City Football Club.