Editor's Note xi
Introduction   xv

Part I: The Embodiment of Practice

B. K. S. Iyengar
T. K. V. Desikachar   3

The Beginning of Freedom
Rama Jyoti Vernon   5

Your Pupil Is Your God
Agnes Mineur   11

Your Guru Is Your Practice
Inez Baranay   15

A Learner's Journey
Joan White   25

A Strong Line of Certainty
Roger Lloyd-Pack   32

The Practice of Integrity
Aadil Palkhivala   37

Radical Awareness: My First Class with Sri B. K. S. Iyengar
Judith Hanson Lasater   42

"Take an Action"
Patricia Walden   47

B. K. S. Iyengar: The Man, the Myth, the Magic
Marian Garfinkel   56

Light on Love
John Schumacher   64

The Secret Teaching
Sharon Gannon and David Life   74

Iyengar Yoga?
Manouso Manos   78

A Tribute
Erich Schiffmann   81

Light on Knowledge
Alan Goode   86

The Evolution of Practice: Or How Our Truth Changes
Pixie Lillas   94

The Totality of Experience
Alan Finger   100

The Secret Gift of the Bandhas
Godfrey Devereux   103

The Universal Yogi
Audrey Lappa   110

The Great Gift
Julian Sands   117

Yoga and Sound: A Passion, a Prayer
Ramanand Patel    121

Ears: The Corridors to Heaven
Shandor Remete (Natanaga Zhander)   125

Yoga Is Beyond Religion
H. S. Arun   130

True, Auspicious, and Beautiful
Edward Clark   134

Gravity and You: Perfect Together
Mel Robin   147

A Brief Analysis of Lower Limb Arterial Blood Flow in Standing Poses
Dr. Krishna Raman   166

An Introduction to Ayurveda
Dr. Vasant Lad   172

Consecration of the Body and Rituals of Fullness
Christian Pisano   191

Part 2: "Light on Life"

Light on Asana
Bobby Clennell   215

Spirit of Community
Anne O'Brien   217

Sri B. K. S. Iyengar: My "Grand" Uncle
Kausthub Desikachar   223

Yoga in Daily Life
Dona Holleman   227

Kriya Yoga: Transformation through Practice—A Western Perspective
Gary Kraftsow    230

The Union of Body, Mind, and Spirit
John Leebold   244

Namaskaram
Shiva Rea   249

A Tribute to the Fire of B. K. S. Iyengar
John Friend   254

Embodying Emotion and Myth with B. K. S. Iyengar
Richard Freeman   262

The Perfect Fit: Adaptive Iyengar Therapeutic Yoga and Managing Multiple Sclerosis
Eric Small   265

Attention and Love
Rodney Yee   270

The Manual for Life
Chuck Miller   273

Om Namah Shivaya B. K. S. Iyengar
Sri Dharma Mittra   277

The Voice Within
John Rodgers   279

First Steps to Freedom
Lilias Folan   281

Light on B. K. S. Iyengar
Maxine Tobias   285

The Dancer's Posture
Yana Lewis   292

Being in the World
Annette Bening   299

The Balance of the Self
Elise Browning Miller   305

For All We Know
Beryl Bender Birch   310

The Light of Yoga
Ali MacGraw   322

Appendix: The Yogacharya Festival in Honor of B. K. S. Iyengar
    Joyce Stuart   327
    Baron Baptiste   328
Acknowledgments   331
Index of Contributors    333