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B. K. S. Iyengar



B. K. S. Iyengar (1918–2014) was the founder and foremost teacher of Iyengar yoga, a style of yoga that emphasizes posture and alignment and using yoga postures for therapeutic purposes. His books include Light on Yoga and Light on Life.

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Yoga for Sports

Yoga For Sports shows how yoga can train the mind and body and help sportspeople become more agile, stronger and focused. Yoga is based on the principle of integrating the body as a whole and shifts the emphasis to the quality of the movement.

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India Questions Yogacharya BKS Iyengar (Aired: April 2008)

India Questions: The yoga master talks about his early life and what attracted him towards yoga. "Yoga has vibrancy and ferocity like the youth and that's why they need it; yoga will give them virtuosity," says Mr. Iyengar.

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BKS Iyengar - Barbican Demonstration 1984

21 May, 1984 was a momentous occasion in the history of Iyengar yoga and for the Iyengar Yoga studios in Maida Vale. BKS Iyengar, who was 65 at the time, gave a talk and demonstration before an audience of 2,000 at the Barbican Centre in London.

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BKS Iyengar : Comparative Length in Yoga

A visual illustration of the concept of "comparative length" . A key concept of the Iyengar teachings of yoga. We made this video in Pune India during the fall 2009.

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Core of the Yoga Sutras: The Definitive Guide to the Philosophy of Yoga

B.K.S. Iyengar has devoted his life to the practice and study of yoga. It was B.K.S. Iyengar’s unique teaching style, bringing precision and clarity to the practice, as well as a mindset of ‘yoga for all’, which has made it into a worldwide phenomenon.

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Walk the Talk with Yogacharya BKS Iyengar

Walk The Talk: Yogacharya BKS Iyengar is the founder of Iyengar Yoga, and is often referred to as "the father of modern yoga." Yogacharya, who is also author of several books, believes that "Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit.

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Conversation—B K S Iyengar

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Nick Debates Yoga with Yoga Master B.K.S. Iyengar in Pune, India

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Yoga Demonstration, BKS Iyengar (1976)

Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar (1918 – 2014), better known as B.K.S. Iyengar, was the founder of the style of yoga known as "Iyengar Yoga" and was considered one of the foremost yoga teachers in the world.

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India Questions: Yogacharya B K S Iyengar

In this special show, India's youth meets and questions world leaders from Amartya Sen to Richard Gere and Tony Blair.

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