Pat Deacon has been practicing Iyengar Yoga since 1970 and had her first Intensive with BKS Iyengar in Swaziland in 1973, another in Pune in 1975 and was awarded her Teaching Certificate in 1976. She has been to Pune regularly since then, most recently in January 2006 working under Prashant and Geeta.

Pat holds an Intermediate Senior Level 3 Certificate and runs her yoga school in Paarl, South Africa. She has served as National Chairperson for Southern Africa on two occasions and is currently Registrar/Treasurer for the National Assessment and Training Committee. She has been an Assessor for over 10 years and involved with Teacher Training for over 20 years.