SkiptocontentYogateachers!Wanttogrowyourfollowingandbuildatribe?Jointhemastermindlist12InspiringQuotesFromB.K.S.IyengarLifestylePeopleGuru,master,founder,“Guruji.”Whateveraccoladeyouadmonish,BellurKrishnamacharSundararajaIyengarisbestknownasB.K.S.Iyengar,andheisundoubtedlythebest-recognizedandmostinfluentialyogateacherintheworld.Born14thDecember1918,Iyengarlived95yearstothefullbeforepassingawayinAugust2014.IyengarfoundedthestyleofyogaknownasIyengarYogawhichnowbenefitsmillionsofyogisaroundtheglobe.“MyBodyIsMyTempleAndAsanasAreMyPrayers” B.K.S.IyengarAttheageof80,IyengarhadaninterviewwithBBCwhereheansweredquestions–nothingunusual—exceptIyengarspokewhilestandingonhishead.Hesaidthispositionwasasnormaltohimasstandinguprightwastoothers.ThisisjustoneofthewaysinwhichIyengarstandsout–forhisdedicationandhisunyieldingdevotiontothepracticeofyogaandtoteachingothershowtomakeuseofyogaintheirlives.Iyengarsaid“mybodyismytempleandasanasaremyprayers”andhelivedbythesewords.Hekepthimselfinsupremefitnessrightuntiltheendalthoughisearlyyearswereplaguedwithillhealth.BriefBackgroundB.K.S.IyengarwasborninKarnataka,southernIndia,toafamilyof13children,10ofwhomlived.TirumalaiKrishnamacharya,hisbrother-in-law,introducedIyengartoyogathroughtheyogaschoolheran.Iyengarwasnotsuccessfulinthebeginning,anditwasonlyin1952whenIyengarmetYehudiMenuhinthathebecameinternationallyknown.MenuhinwassufferingfrominsomniaandIyengartaughthimanasanawhichcausedhimtofallasleep,andwakeupsorefreshedthathespentseveralhourswiththeyogateacherandlatercametobelievethatyogahelpedhisviolinplaying.Iyengarpaidnumerousvisitstothewestwherehissystemofyogawasadoptedbyschoolsandcenters.Iyengarisspecificallylinkedwiththeideaofyogaasaspiritualactivity,andadisciplinethathedescribedas“thequestofthesoulforthesparkofdivinitywithinus.”Ineverymovement,studentsshouldbespirituallyaware,asyogaismorethanasystemofaerobicorflexibilityexercises.Ofcourse,therearemanytypesofyogateachersthatyoucanlearnfrom.Ifyou’dliketotryavarietyofyogaposes(notjustIyen