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Yoga - An Integrated Science

by Prashant S. Iyengar

Read Christine Perre's interview with Prashant Iyengar, the son of BKS Iyengar. In the first part, titled "A class after class" he speaks about different aspect of yoga practise. The second part "Our True Nature" is concerned with philosophical aspects of yoga.

You can read the interview online.

If you want to print the interview, you can also download the interview in a printer-friendly format.

The interview took place at the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute in Pune (India) in August 1998 and was conducted by Christine Perre. Also participating were Cathy Boyer, Corine Biria and Jean-Marie Perre. The interview has been transcribed by Christine Perre, the editing was done by Christine Perre and Ivan Herger.

The addendum came from an interview of Jean-Marie Perre with Prashant S. Iyengar in February 2000 at RIMYI. It has been translated by Jean-Marie Perre and corrected by Tessa Thiery.

On-line Version

A Class After Class (Part I)

  1. The Mind should be Object
  2. The Three Important Aspects in our System
  3. Subjective Judgement is to Develop
  4. Safety Measures
  5. Do, Maintain and Come out of the Pose
  6. Re-Action, Counter-Action, Inter-Action, Complementary Action, Un-Action
  7. Do, Un-Do, Non-Do
  8. Awareness Circulation
  9. A Reflective State
  10. Learning and Consolidating
  11. Freedom in the Body
  12. Practising and Learning
  13. Learning
  14. Your Teacher in You
  15. High-Tech Practice
  16. Thingkingly Doing and Thoughtfully Doing
  17. Effort Management
  18. Stealing the Adjustments
  19. Listen to One More Thing!
  20. Safety Measures in the System
  21. Mild, Middle, Intense Practicants and Practices

Our True Nature (Part II)

  1. What is Time?
  2. Destiny and Emancipation
  3. Our True Nature
  4. Mind or Soul?
  5. The Role of Nature
  6. Doing in a Non-Doing State is Yoga
  7. Karma Yoga
  8. You Have No Rights on the Fruits of Actions
  9. Yoga - An Integrated Science

Karma Siddhanta (Addendum)

  1. Karma Siddhanta

Printable Version

If you want to print the interview, please use one of the following versions (if you are not sure which one to use, try "PDF format" first):

A Class After Class (Part I)

Our True Nature (Part II)

Karma Siddhanta (Addendum)

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Acknowledgments

First of all, we would like to thank Prashant Iyengar for giving his permission for this on-line publication. Our thanks also go to Rajvi Mehta, editor of Yoga Rahasya, who gave the permission to reprint the first part of the interview, "A Class after Class". Finally, we would like to thank Christine Perre, who came up with the idea to produce this on-line version of her interview.

Copyright Notice

"A Class after Class" has originally been published in the Silver Jubilee Edition of Yoga Rahasya in January 2000. Copyright © 2000 by Prashant S. Iyengar. "Our True Nature" has not been published before. Copyright © 2001 by Prashant S. Iyengar. The whole interview may be printed for personal use, but may not be commercially distributed.