But when the practice first crossed into the Western mainstream in the early 1970s, Iyengar yoga was the name that many new practitioners encountered first. B.K.S. Iyengar, after whom the practice ...

BKS Iyengar, who has died aged 95, was credited with bringing the 3,000-year-old oral tradition and physical practice of yoga to the West; he promoted a system, notable for its use of props and ...

BKS Iyengar, who has died at the age of 95, was credited by many with helping make this happen. In 2002, the New York Times suggested:, external "Perhaps no one has done more than Mr Iyengar to ...

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There are many different forms of this discipline, but the most commonly taught is called Iyengar. It’s named for the Indian guru B.K.S. Iyengar, who teaches that yoga has a deeply spiritual ...

BKS Iyengar's sādhana (practice) allowed him to see what most students are not able to see. As a result of his long, dedicated and intense practice a matrix of connections between āsanas were revealed ...

Indian yoga guru B.K.S. Iyengar, who helped popularize yoga around the world and wrote 14 books on the subject, died Aug. 20 at 95. Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar’s death was reported ...

The diseases of the developing world took a toll on Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja (B.K.S) Iyengar. As a boy, he was physically weakened from typhoid, tuberculosis and malaria. Then his brother ...

If millions around the world today swear by yoga, much of the credit goes to BKS Iyengar and his innovative methods. Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja 'BKS' Iyengar, the grand old man of yoga who ...

In Omnibus Mark Tully meets B K S Iyengar, one of yoga's finest teachers. As he explores the Iyengar headquarters with Guruji, as his pupils call him, a rich and genial picture emerges of the ...