In this classic guide, legendary yoga teacher B. K. S. Iyengar reflects on his method that popularized yoga around the globe.

B. K. S. Iyengar illuminates the integration of philosophy, spirituality, and practice underlying his yoga method and how it can be incorporated into everyday living. He also provides crucial insights on how Iyengar Yoga practice can help you develop strength, endurance, correct body alignment, flexibility, and deep relaxation. Included are Iyengar’s reflections on yoga in the context of:

• family life
• love and sexuality
• health and the healing arts
• meditation
• death
• Patañjali's Yoga Sutras

This edition also features a foreword by leading American teachers of the Iyengar style as well as a bibliography for further reading and a glossary of Sanskrit terms.