{"id":1233,"date":"2010-12-13T12:34:36","date_gmt":"2010-12-13T17:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shantivinyasa.com\/blog\/?p=1233"},"modified":"2010-12-13T12:40:27","modified_gmt":"2010-12-13T17:40:27","slug":"bks-iyengar-at-92-still-living-yoga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/shantivinyasa.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/bks-iyengar-at-92-still-living-yoga\/","title":{"rendered":"BKS Iyengar at 92 still living yoga."},"content":{"rendered":"
Iyengar Yoga is very much in my lineage of yoga that I study and the teachers I study with. It is beautiful with its focus on alignment and making the postures available to everyone using props.\u00a0 Yoga will become a part of anyone that opens their heart to the practice…….. and this is what it is a practice something that is never finished even at 92.\u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\n
Much love to Mr. Iyengar<\/div>\n
Going strong at 92<\/div>\n
Published: Sunday, Dec 12, 2010, 10:22 IST
\nBy Rahul Chandawarkar<\/strong>| Place: Pune | Agency: DNA<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Yoga guru BKS Iyengar, who turns 92 on December 14, still breathes fire. Age has not diminished any of his energy and spirit.Sipping his favourite filter coffee in his study at the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute (Rimyi) in Pune on Friday, he launched into a spirited attack on the proponents of \u2018power yoga\u2019 and \u2018hot yoga\u2019.\u201cHot yoga makes no sense. Beyond obvious sexual connotations, it means little else. Tell me, if yoga was actually hot, then why were the yoga maharishis performing asanas in the cold Himalayas,\u201d says Iyengar.About power yoga, the nonagenarian says, \u201cPower yoga is hardly new. My guruji taught us power yoga in the 1930s. Power yoga is nothing but a more exertive form of yoga which involves jumping. Yoga is simply the union of mind, body and soul.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the eve of his 92nd birthday, the yoga guru prides himself on living in the present. \u201cI believe in living in the present tense. There is no point crying about the past and speculating about the future. I had a very difficult past. I had only two students in 1939 and the people in Pune were actually hostile towards me. However, I worked harder and succeeded. Today, Iyengar yoga has become a massive tree which has spread across the world. Nobody is hostile towards me and I have so many friends. I have every reason to live in the present.\u201d<\/p>\n

The yoga guru is happiest about being a yogi and a sanyasi. \u201cGod took away my wife 35 years ago and forced me to become a sanyasi. Today, I see God in every asana that I perform. I may not have called my institute an ashram and I do not wear orange robes, but at our institute, the sincere practice of yoga is the only objective.\u201d the yoga guru said.The yoga guru, who still practices yogic asanas for at least three hours every morning said it had become an integral part of his daily life. \u201cYoga is not an addiction for me. It was an addiction when I was a young man. Today, yoga inspires me. Every day, I learn something new and interesting. I cannot have my meals, without practicing yoga. My practice gives me new ideas, thoughts and feelings,\u201d the guru said.Elaborating on his practice style, the yoga guru says, \u201cThere are 300 joints, 700 muscles and 96 kms of blood circulation system in our body. When I practice a particular asana, I need to pay attention to every single part of my body. When I practice, my intellectual awareness is flows from head to toe, like the river to the sea. I find this gratifying and interesting.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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