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Iyengar Yoga, created by BKS Iyengar of India, is one of the most popular styles of yoga in the world today. It is characterized by both a focus on precision of physical alignment, as well as by its use of props, such as belts, blocks, cushions, straps and benches as aids in performing the postures. Iyengar Yoga usually emphasizes holding poses over long periods versus moving quickly from one pose to the next (flow), stressing the development of strength, stamina, flexibility, balance and concentration.
Suggested addition by Bob Metzler:(a Hatha yoga practitioner for 37 years. Iyengar yoga practitioner for 23 years. Teacher for c.16 years)
More than any other style of hatha yoga, Iyengar yoga stresses the absolute importance of a deep pranayama practice. Mr. Iyengar wrote the Bible on the subject, "Light On Pranayama". To this day, it is, in this writer/teacher's opinion the best book ever written on hatha yoga - not just pranayama, but the entire art/science/philosophy of hatha yoga.
Suggested addition by Joan White ( she has been practicing yoga since 1968.Joan became a student of B.K.S. Iyengar in 1973 when he gave his first class in Ann Arbor, Michigan.She continues to be his student as well as studying with his son and daughter. She has been to India 26 times and will go again this August.
She is certified as an Advanced Iyengar Yoga teacher since 1993 and is the Director of the B.K.S. Iyengar Yoga School of Central Philadelphia.She began teaching yoga in 1971 and changed to Iyengar Yoga in 1973.She has taught all over the USA as well as in Europe and Australia.
It is based on the yoga described
in the yoga sutras of Patanajali. It is characterized by a focus on precision of the alignment of both the physical and the subtle body. The use of props, such as belts, blocks, bolsters, straps and benches are used as aids to help those who would be otherwise unable to perform the postures. Iyengar Yoga usually emphasizes holding poses over long periods versus moving quickly from one pose to the next (flow), stressing the development of strength, stamina, flexibility, balance and concentration. The system is based on a logical progression of learning both asana and pranayama as well as the philosophy of the yoga sutras.
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