Iyengar had many obstacles that he overcame in his lifetime including childhood diseases, poverty, the early death of his wife, and two auto accidents just to name a few. In Light on Yoga, Iyengar also gives a brief overview of the obstacles on the path and how to overcome them based on the Patanjali Yoga Sutras.
need a firm rooting in Asthanga Yoga before other forms can successfully be commenced. In subsequent texts, The Iyengar family asserts that Ashtanga Yoga is the ABCs of Yoga, and that the other forms like Hatha, Laya, Jnana etc. He also gives a brief overview of the limbs of Ashtanga Yoga (the classical eight limbs from Patanjali Yoga Sutras). He draws this concept from the Bhagavad Gita, and links it wonderfully to how we integrate our daily practice as our dharma. One of the gists of the text that I remember every day is that he views the ability to work as a gift. – From Iyengar, The Yoga Master 2007 Kofi Busia Shalamba Publications, Inc. I felt I had my hand on the operating manual for the human being. I went home that night and read the introduction, fifty-five pages, and it blew my mind. A girl whom I’ve never seen before just looked over and said, “That’s the book.” I took it as a sign from above and bought the book. One day in 1974, I was in a bookstore and picked up a copy of Light on Yoga. Renowned Ashtanga Yoga practitioner Chuck Miller writes: One does not need to be an practitioner of the Iyengar style to appreciate this text. It is not just written well, it draws from a series of classical Yoga texts and digests it into an easy to understand essay coupled with Iyengar’s experience. The clear text would be introduction in LIght On Yoga. I often reflect on the reading materials that I first encountered when I came to Yoga and what continues to guide me on my path.
There is now so much information about Asana on the internet and in books, that a new comer to yoga may be easily overwhelmed. He commented that when he started Yoga, there was no written material on the subject of Asana. In the address, he showed two books that were recently pressed from the Institute. Iyengar during the 2013 Guru Poornima, which is an annual observance and celebration of all of our teachers.
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