With the encouragement of Krishnamacharya, Iyengar moved to Pune to teach yoga in 1937. Soon he overcame his childhood weaknesses. There, Iyengar began to learn asana practice, which steadily improved his health. Iyengar's father died when he was 9 years old, and he continued to suffer from a variety of maladies in childhood, including malaria, tuberculosis, typhoid fever, and general malnutrition.Īt the age of 15 Iyengar went to live with his brother-in-law, the well-known yogi, Sri Tirumalai Krishnamacharya in Mysore. Iyengar's home village of Belur, Karnataka, India, was in the grips of the influenza pandemic at the time of his birth, leaving him sickly and weak.

Iyengar was born into a poor Hebbar Iyengar family. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1991, and the Padma Bhushan in 2002.ī.K.S. Iyengar yoga centers are located throughout the world, and it is believed that millions of students practice Iyengar Yoga. He has also written several definitive yoga texts. He has written many books on yogic practice and philosophy, and is best known for his books Light on Yoga, Light on Pranayama, and Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. He is considered one of the foremost yoga teachers in the world and has been practicing and teaching yoga for more than 75 years. Iyengar) (Born Decemin Bellur, Kolar District, Karnataka, India) is the founder of Iyengar Yoga. The book is thoroughly cross-referenced, and indexed, resulting in an accessible and helpful book that is of immense value both to students of Indian philosophy and practitioners of yoga.īellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar (Kannada: ಬೆಳ್ಳೂರ್ ಕೃಷ್ಣಮಾಚಾರ್ ಸುಂದರರಾಜ ಐಯಂಗಾರ್), (also known as Yogacharya B.K.S. The Sutras are also a wonderful introduction to the spiritual philosophy that is the foundation of yoga practise. The Sutras show the reader how we can transform ourselves through the practice of yoga, gradually developing the mind, body and emotions, so we can become spiritually evolved. BKS Iyengar has translated each one, and provided his own insightful commentary and explanation for modern readers. The Sutras are short and to the point – each being only a line or two long. They are amongst the world’s most revered and ancient teachings and are the earliest, most holy yoga reference. Patanjali wrote this collection of yoga wisdom over 2,000 years ago. This new edition of the classic text contains a new introduction by BKS Iyengar, as well as a foreword by Godfrey Devereux, author of Dynamic Yoga.

BKS Iyengar’s translation and commentary on these ancient yoga sutras has been described as the “bible” of yoga.

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