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YogDeepika Centre for Yoga Studies
B.K.S Iyengar
Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja (BKS) Iyengar was the foremost pupil of the distinguished Yoga master T. Krishnamarcharya.
B.K.S. Iyengar was born in 1918 in Bellur in South India and commenced practicing Yoga at the age of 14. Over eight decades of intense and steadfast practice, B.K.S Iyengar evolved a wide range of methodologies and techniques.
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Guruji discovered numerous esoteric facets of this profound science. Using his own being as a laboratory he created and propagated unique ways of practicing and imparting the science of yoga. B.K.S. Iyengar's therapeutic work earned him the reputation of being the foremost healer in the yogic tradition. Furthermore, numerous yoga props were invented by Yogacharya Iyengar to enable people to safely and beneficially practice yoga-asanas. Iyengar Yoga is accessible to all irrespective of their age, caste, gender, ethnic or cultural background.
B.K.S Iyengar was the author of the authoritative and best selling works such as Light on Yoga, Light on Pranayama, Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and Light on Life. He taught thousands and touched the lives of millions. B.K.S Iyengar was regularly honoured both in India and overseas. Honours bestowed on him includes the prestigious Padmavibhushan, Padmabhushan, and the Padmashri from the President of India and doctoral degrees from renowned institutions of learning. Later in his life, B.K.S. Iyengar turned Bellur into a model village. Yogacharya Iyengar passed away on August 20, 2014.
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The Iyengar Lineage
Dr. Geeta Iyengar
Srimati Geeta Iyengar is the foremost woman exponent of yoga in the world. A graduate in Ayurveda and Philosophy, she propagated Yoga with single-minded devotion and penetrating insight. Her distinguished teachings help many women through difficult pregnancies, menstrual conditions and menopausal blues. She is the author of Yoga, a Gem for Women; Yoga in Action: Preliminary Course and Yoga in Action: Intermediate Course. YogDeepika was privileged to host her in Guwahati in February, 2013. Geeta ji left for her heavenly abode on 16 December 2018, two days after her father's birth centenary, aged 74. She had said that she would not depart this earth until she had completed her father's 100th birth anniversary celebration.
Prashant Iyengar
Sri Prashant S Iyengar, is the only son of Yogacharya B K S Iyengar and an authority in yoga. Prashant ji is a musician, philosopher, and yoga teacher par excellence who unfold esoteric truths of yoga philosophy and practice through his intense researches of the connections of body, mind and breath.
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Prashant Iyengar is extremely well versed in the classical scriptures, has authored many books and shares his unique gems of insight with yoga students from all over the world.
He is the Director of the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute, (RIMYI), Pune.
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Abhijita Sridhar Iyengar
Granddaughter of B.K.S Iyengar, Abhijata Sridhar Iyengar is a very sensitive and experienced teacher at RIMYI in Pune and has been involved with the practice and philosophy of yoga since the age of 16.
She was taught by her grandfather Yogacharya BKS Iyengar, as well as her aunt Geeta and uncle, Prashant.
She traveled with BKS Iyengar to Russia and China for conventions and also joined Geeta at conventions in the UK, Australia and the US. Abhijata is also a Director of the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute (RIMYI),Pune.
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Swati & Rajiv Chanchani
The activities of the center are inspired by the lives and lessons received by the founder from her teachers Swati and Rajiv Chanchani at Dehradun. The Chanchanis (http://www.yog-ganga.com) have based their lives on the teachings of the revered sage Patanjali and the renowned Yoga masters Yogacharya B.K.S. Iyengar, Srimati Geeta Iyengar and Sri Prashant Iyengar of the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute, Pune, India.