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Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar , better known as B.K.S. Iyengar, was the founder of the style of yoga as exercise known as "Iyengar Yoga" and was considered one of the foremost yoga teachers in the world. He was the author of many books on yoga practice and philosophy including Light on Yoga, Light on Pranayama, Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, and Light on Life. Iyengar was one of the earliest students of Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, who is often referred to as "the father of modern yoga". He has been credited with popularizing yoga, first in India and then around the world.The Indian government awarded Iyengar the Padma Shri in 1991, the Padma Bhushan in 2002 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2014. In 2004, Iyengar was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine. Wikipedia  

✵ 14. December 1918 – 20. August 2014   •   Other names ಬಿ ಕೆ ಎಸ್ ಅಯ್ಯಂಗಾರ್, بیلور کرشناماچر سندرراجا آئنگر, ב.ק.ס. איינגר, Беллур Кришнамачар Сундарараджа Аєнгар, 艾揚格
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B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes

“He was a one-person movement…we will strive to keep his Sadhana (legacy) alive. He has achieved eternal peace. He was open to everyone even till his last breath.”

B.K.S. Iyengar

Geeta Iyengar, his eldest daughter.
Yogacharya B.K.S. Iyengar passes away at 95

Personality , Peace

“He was a phenomenal person, compassionate, sensitive, caring and broad-minded. He was instrumental in revitalizing an ancient art and taking it to an international level.”

B.K.S. Iyengar

Harit Iyengar, his grandson
Yogacharya B.K.S. Iyengar passes away at 95

Personality , Art

“He, who was awarded the Padma Bhushan and the Padma Vibhushan, gritted his teeth to master English and exposed yoga to the West, teaching such luminaries like violin maestro Yehudi Menuhin and author Aldous Huxley.”

B.K.S. Iyengar

Yogacharya B.K.S. Iyengar passes away at 95

“He was the first to introduce simple props such as ropes, belts, wooden blocks and bolsters to enable the elderly and less fit to maintain classical postures correctly and safely. The Iyengar form of yoga is now often employed by physiotherapists treating people with spinal injuries and back problems to recover full movement.”

B.K.S. Iyengar

BKS Iyengar – obituary

Problem , People

“His first teacher was his brother-in-law, a Brahmin scholar who had set up a school of yoga at the Jaganmohan Palace, and who sometimes denied his student food if his performance was deemed inadequate. He then a teenager, was the youngest member of the Maharaja of Mysore’s entourage, and was asked to demonstrate his ability to stretch and bend his body for visiting dignitaries and guests.”

B.K.S. Iyengar

B. K. S. Iyengar, Who Helped Bring Yoga to the West, Dies at 95

School , Teachers , Law , Food

“His practice is characterized by long asanas, or postures, that require extraordinary will and discipline.”

B.K.S. Iyengar

B. K. S. Iyengar, Who Helped Bring Yoga to the West, Dies at 95

“He was credited with his own brand of yoga, and taught author Aldous Huxley and violinist Yehudi Menuhin, among other celebrities.”

B.K.S. Iyengar

India yoga guru BKS Iyengar dies

“His technique was physically challenging, unusual for Americans practicing yoga, but what truly set it apart was his therapeutic approach to the poses. He devised specific prescriptions, or sequences of poses, to help people with ailments such as backache, headaches, high blood pressure, diabetes and many more.”

B.K.S. Iyengar

Stacie Stukin in: "10 Yogis gather around the guru"

Help , People

“In the west, where supplication to gurus is not the cultural norm, he elicits such a response from a cadre of longtime yoga practitioners. They credit him with changing their lives -- and the face of yoga in the United States.”

B.K.S. Iyengar

Stacie Stukin in: "10 Yogis gather around the guru"

Change

“I thought my heart was going to explode. I was just overjoyed. A guru puts you in a moment of happiness. There is no love like that. It is just electric.”

B.K.S. Iyengar

Stacie Stukin in: "10 Yogis gather around the guru"

Love , Making love , Heart , Happiness

“He was extraordinary, a genius; there’s no doubt about it. But his teaching was not for everyone. Different students need different teachers and different teachers find different students. It’s very strange and fascinating.”

B.K.S. Iyengar

Silvia Prescott, in: "My teacher, Mr Iyengar: a former pupil remembers the yoga master"

Teachers

“Health is not to be mistaken for mere existence. It is the balance of the body, mind and self… there rests the mind. If the breath scatters, the mind wanders. If mind wanders, the breath scatters. So still the breath to still the mind. Mind is the king.”

B.K.S. Iyengar

Source: Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom, p. 28

Self-confidence , Health