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Yogacharya B.K.S.Iyengar is the foremost pupil of the distinguished Yoga master T. Krishnamarcharya. B.K.S.Iyengar was born 1918 in South India and commenced practicing Yoga at the age of 14. Today, at the age of the eighty-four B.K.S Iyengar is the foremost exponent of Yoga in the world. In over six decades of intense and steadfast practice he has evolved a wide range of methodologies and techniques. He has discovered numerous esoteric facets of this profound science. Using his own being as a laboratory he has created and propagated unique ways of practising and imparting the science of Yoga. B.K.S. Iyengar's therapeutic work has earned him the reputation of being the foremost healer in the Yogic tradition. Furthermore, numerous Yoga props were and continue to be invented by Yogacharya Iyengar to enable people to safely and beneficially practice Yoga. Iyengar Yoga is accessible to all irrespective of their age, caste, gender, ethnic or cultural background. B.K.S Iyengar is the author of the authoritative and best selling works Light on Yoga, Light on Pranayama and Light on the Yogasutras of Patanjali. He has taught numerous luminaries including Yehudi Menhuin, Aldous Huxley, Elizabeth, the Queen Mother of Belgium, and J Krishnamurthi. B.K.S Iyengar is regularly honoured both in India and overseas. Honours bestowed on him include the prestigious Padmashri and Padmabhushan awards, and doctoral degrees from renowned institutions of learning. |
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Srimati Geeta Iyengar is the foremost woman exponent of Yoga in the world. This illustrious daughter of BKS Iyengar has been practising and teaching Yoga for over four decades. A graduate in Philosophy and Ayurveda, she has been propagating Yoga with single minded devotion and penetrating insight. She is the author of Yoga, a Gem for Women and has taught Yoga in various continents. Sri Prashant Iyengar, a musician, philosopher and Yoga teacher par excellence continues to unfold esoteric truths of Yoga philosophy and practice through his intense researches of the connections of body and mind. Prashant Iyengar is extremely well versed in the classical scriptures and shares his unique gems of insight with Yog-Sadakas from all over the world. |
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The
activities of this centre are to propogate Ashtanga-Yoga of Sage
Patanjali as taught by the renowned Yoga-masters Yogacharya B.K.S.
Iyengar, Srimati Geeta Iyengar and Sri Prashant Iyengar of the Ramamani
Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute, Pune, India.