In the following excerpt from Light on Yoga, Mr.

He explores the yogic goal of integrating the different aspects of our existence (physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual), the role that yoga postures and breathing techniques play in our search for wholeness, the external and internal obstacles that keep us from progressing along the path, and the precise ways that yoga can transform our lives and help us live in harmony with the world around us. Iyengar reveals in Light on Life the “heart of yoga” that he personally discovered through more than 70 years of disciplined, daily practice. Rather than present the yoga postures as he did in Light on Yoga, Mr. “But I do not want its widespread popularity to eclipse the depth of what it has to give to the practitioner.” He shares his understanding of what constitutes the full yogic journey in Light on Life. “The popularity of yoga and my part in spreading its teachings are a great source of satisfaction to me,” Mr. In fact, at Yoga Journal we wouldn’t think of doing a photo shoot without a copy of Light on Yoga on the set. Iyengar instructs and expertly models in his book. Iyengar’s book Light on Yoga, first published in 1966, has become a classic and is considered the ultimate reference manual of asana practice when teachers refer to the correct way to do a posture, they’re usually alluding to the alignment Mr. His discoveries have provided evidence of yoga’s power to deal with a host of maladies, and the results of his work have raised the credibility of yoga in the scientific and medical communities. One of his most significant contributions, however, has been the use of yoga as a therapeutic tool. Many of his innovations are standard features today: He molded the way we think about alignment and developed anatomically precise terms to convey it pioneered the use of props as learning tools and taught how to minimize esoteric Hindu trappings without sacrificing the yoga quest for union of body, mind, and soul. Iyengar, who first introduced his style of yoga to the United States several decades ago. The huge popularity of yoga in the West can in large part be attributed to Mr. No matter what style of yoga you practice or where-whether it’s Ashtanga at the Yoga Workshop in Boulder, Colorado Yee Yoga at Yoga Shanti in Sag Harbor, New York or Anusara at Yoga Sangha in San Francisco-your yoga has been influenced by B.K.S.

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