Guru Iyengar died

On Wednesday, August 20, in the city of Puna in the west of India at the age of 95, Guru Belur Krishnamacar Sundarararai Iyengar died, a man who introduced the West to the practice of yoga.

It is reported by The New York Times .

Iyengar was born in 1918, in childhood Perevs Malaria, Tif and Tuberculosis, at the age of 15 he began to practice asanas and managed to completely recover health. Since 1937, he began to develop his own practices, gradually acquiring glory and students.

In 1952, Iyengar met with the famous violinist, Joehudi Menukhin, who helped him go to teach yoga to Europe, where a large number of people met for the first time in the story of Yoga.

In 1966, Iyengar's book “Light on YouGa” was published, which became an international bestseller and translated into 17 languages. Iyengar also wrote books about Pranayama and other aspects of yoga philosophy. Having stopped teaching yoga in 1984, Iyengar laid out to write. In total, he is the author of 14 books.

Iyengar came to Russia twice - in 1989 and in 2009.