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Iyengar and The Yoga Tradition

by Karl Baier

The way of Yoga developed by B.K.S. Iyengar has caused considerable controversy over the past two or three decades. One cannot say that the debate so far has been on a particulary high level. It rather can be characterized by repetition of a handful of cliches ...

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Part I: Basic Questions

  1. Introduction: Controversy about Iyengar's method of Yoga
  2. Iyengar's main source of reference from the Yoga tradition
  3. His principle of interpretation: the original text versus his own experience
  4. Prominence of Asana and Pranayama

Part II: Detailed Analysis: The Hidden Presence of Astanga Yoga in Asana

  1. Integration of the other limbs of the eigth-limbed path into Asana
  2. Conclusion

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Acknowledgments

We would like to thank Karl Baier for granting the permission to print his article on Iyengar Yoga Resources.
Copyright © 2001 by Karl Baier. Translated by Muki Daniel and Helmuth Hausberger. "Iyengar and the Yoga Tradition" was first published in: BKS Iyengar Yoga Teachers' Association News Magazine, Glossop, Derbyshire, Winter 1995, pp. 12-32. This edition published by Iyengar Yoga Resources in March 2001. The article may be printed for personal use but may not be commercially distributed.