About SRI B.K.S. Iyengar

Yogacharya Sri B.K.S. Iyengar is the world's foremost authority on Yoga. He has devoted his life with wisdom, benevolence, tolerance and energy to the practice and teaching of yoga. He began teaching in 1936 at age 18. Today in his nineties, he continues to inspire students.

Observation of detail and dedicated practice characterize the teaching and the school of Yoga developed by B.K.S. Iyengar. All of his work is soundly based on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. Through his system of teaching, students progress gradually and methodically as they are shown step by step how to practice the asanas.

He has produced an international syllabus, which sets out training standards for teachers who use his name. It is widely accepted that Iyengar teachers are among the best trained in the world.

B.K.S. Iyengar has several million students worldwide. There are Iyengar Yoga Centres in Canada, the US, Bermuda, South and Central America, the UK, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Iran, Israel, Japan, South Africa, Hong Kong, and India. Thousands of students have taken classes at his institute in Pune, India since it opened in 1975. The Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute is named after his late wife. His daughter Geeta and son Prashant are the main teachers and carry on their father's work. January 19, 2000 marked the 25th anniversary of the Institute.

For more on Sri B.K.S. Iyengar and his Institute log onto his web site www.bksiyengar.com.