Amazes me how he overcame all those health problems as a child to live such and influential life.A lot of good can come out of yoga.I am finding a lot of positive benifits for my body and mind.Thanks and peace.
Gracias por los vídeos.Son extraordinarios y un documento realmente valioso para los que nos gusta el yoga iyengar.El maestro está pletórico en ellos.
I've seen so many yogis performing successfully difficult asanas, you can see the efforts and strains on their muscles and faces. In Iyengar none at all, the muscles, the face are all passive as if sleeping. Amazing! there won't be another yogi like him after he's gone! believe you me. He's unique and a gift for the whole yoga world to have him.Let's revere him while he's still with us. Once he's gone, it'll be history...
Oh Yes!!! there is one fine mahayogi in the making...actually a BKS Iyengar student.....from 20yrs ago. He is 'Simon Borg Olivier' of YOGASYNERGY in sydney. Check him out.
Practice of asana is essential in preparing the body to be able sit for extended periods in meditation. Making the body strong and supple through correct asana practice, frees the mind from bondage to the aches, pains and aging processes of the body, & opens the bodies energy channels. Practice of yogic breathing then frees the intelligence from the oscillating disturbances of the mind, thus leading to a more peaceful mental state to better experience the Lord within. All 8 limbs are essential!
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While it seems many cultures most admire virtue in the face of adversity,("Song of Bernadette"-style sainthood), those who wish to be 'saintly', have a better chance if they live in a body that doesn't distract w/pain or undue effort in our daily tasks.
as he has trained very very hard in yoga postures up to 12-15 hours a day according to his closest france pupil,then he has right to say how those postures works on human body and how they must be performed rightly.
Nice. But it is supergymnastics and acrobacy rather than yoga. People have a false idea that yoga = body exercises. In reality it is just 1% of real yoga.
well u shud know that yoga is not just one ,there r many different catogories and forms of yoga.this is just one of the subclasses of yoga and yes it is yoga. the one taught to the world is for alertness and mental well being
I know. But this kind of supergymnastics (with the following "Ashtanga Yoga" "Power Yoga" "Bikram Yoga" etc. are just modern commercial and highly superficial inventions. Look at the real yoga sources: Hatha-Yoga Pradipika, Gheranda Samhita, Shiva Samhita, Patanjali Yoga Sutras - and although these are various approaches, you can find there what yoga has been really about since the time immemorial
cenolbaj, the books that you mention are on all eight limbs of Yoga. Mr. Iyengar here is demonstrating 'Hatha' Yoga. Which is a third rung on the 8 step ladder of Yoga. (Each step is essential to the final goal of Yuj.)
His method or invention as you call it has helped thousands, most of all inspiring students to explore Yoga further and beyond the Hatha. He is uniquely the only modern teacher to have books on Pranayam, Sadhana and Yoga sutra. So give it up for the Guru :-)
Sorry, the third step in Patanjali´s Ashtanga Yoga is NOT "Hatha -Yoga" but "asana" - and that also not this type of acrobacy, but a sitting asana. Also - Hatha Yoga is NOT asanas (they are just very very small part of hatha yoga). It is something quite different. Misplacing the term "Hatha Yoga" for bodily postures is one of commonly routed mismatch of today
@cenolbaj The full set of asanas were developed long before Patanjali time. It was not just 'sitting'. Most people cannot sit in full lotus posture for days at a time. The systematic development of the body was necessary before pranayama could be practice. This is not 'acrobacy' but the basic requirement for extended sitting and concentration for pranic control. Advanced pranayama requires a healthy, strong body, healthy nervous system, and the ability to sit without discomfort for many many hrs
Another problem with Iyengar "yoga" is its strict rules system - as if people were for yoga and not yoga for people. As if every man or woman has necessarily the same anatomy as Mr.Iyengar and his instructors. Difficulty of asana is considered as a measurement of success or achievement ... Just a step before "yoga competitions" and yoga at olympic games ...
No one's forcing anyone to follow any rules. If you've got a system , & I want to know about it, I want to know your rules. If I can glean an insight into myself from your rules, so be it. If not, I've learned just as much from finding out what doesn't work for me.
Maybe I am a little late in your discussion, but I disagree with you. Though Mr. Iyengar´s example of the poses is the ideal, we Iyengar teachers are absolutely aware that every person has his or her own starting point and the poses need to be modified for that person. That is the point with the props we use: To get the correct alignement no matter how flexible we are. And for the difficulty of asanas: I´d much rather do a perfect Dandasana than a crippled Rajakapotasana...
No part of anything is the truth. Is waking real, or dreams? Neither exists without the other.The whole is the reality. To imply that any part of whole is less than any other part is misleading. These exercises have their place in so-called "real" yoga, and if they are the piece that attract a person to try yoga, there's certainly no harm done.
Yoga was not sent here from another dimension. No matter how far back in time it was started, it's man-made, thus apparently 'superficial'; in your estimation. (Actually, Gurdieff did believe that the all yoga is artificial and a negative influence on man's well-being!) I suggest taking what we need and leaving the rest. The body is as real as any other illusion, and so, must be trained along with the mind to allow personal evolution.
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Excelente material!!!
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healthnut4life48 1 year ago
This is absolutely amazing - I am in complete awe and whilst I was watching my eyes could not get any wider! WOW! - I aspire to be like that!
Steveeify 1 year ago
merci
hedavie 1 year ago
Amazes me how he overcame all those health problems as a child to live such and influential life.A lot of good can come out of yoga.I am finding a lot of positive benifits for my body and mind.Thanks and peace.
CylindersCrystal121 1 year ago 3
Some comments are disturbing...hero worship? Just a man, just a man. I REALLY like his asanas, alignment and balance, bad ass!!!
radioheadkids2 1 year ago
These moves would make every b-boy get jealous...
;)
ILLGreco167 1 year ago 3
i need to master this. who needs a bowflex, you know?
xPhantomPoopx 1 year ago 2
Deep Devotion turn into everyones words. this is called Tapsya..
Meryog 2 years ago
Gracias por los vídeos.Son extraordinarios y un documento realmente valioso para los que nos gusta el yoga iyengar.El maestro está pletórico en ellos.
martinezdelarosa 2 years ago
no narration and wasted moments.
and how great to get a video without sound.
the PC doesn't have to be making bloody noise all the time :-D
one can learn more from this.
thank you.
superesonator 2 years ago 2
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realitydan 2 years ago
pure love and deep worship
binabrev 2 years ago
nice
afrocaspa 2 years ago
please pay your respects and tribute to maharishi patanjali the rishi who discovered yoga. yoga is for all, but honor the discoverer neverthless.
nacashok 2 years ago
I just read all of the comments here. Such a beautiful film... so much bickering in the commentary.
Sure, asanas are only one limb of the eight limbs of yoga. My head is only 1/8 of my body but I think I still need it for the rest to funcion well.
Iyengar is beautiful.
jeremiasrobinson 2 years ago 9
@jeremiasrobinson dick
radioheadkids2 1 year ago
I've seen so many yogis performing successfully difficult asanas, you can see the efforts and strains on their muscles and faces. In Iyengar none at all, the muscles, the face are all passive as if sleeping. Amazing! there won't be another yogi like him after he's gone! believe you me. He's unique and a gift for the whole yoga world to have him.Let's revere him while he's still with us. Once he's gone, it'll be history...
lubelenge 3 years ago 11
Oh Yes!!! there is one fine mahayogi in the making...actually a BKS Iyengar student.....from 20yrs ago. He is 'Simon Borg Olivier' of YOGASYNERGY in sydney. Check him out.
tashyogini 2 years ago
Iyengar is the first and last of yoga
capilock 3 years ago
sad but truth
NegroMariposa 3 years ago
Practice of asana is essential in preparing the body to be able sit for extended periods in meditation. Making the body strong and supple through correct asana practice, frees the mind from bondage to the aches, pains and aging processes of the body, & opens the bodies energy channels. Practice of yogic breathing then frees the intelligence from the oscillating disturbances of the mind, thus leading to a more peaceful mental state to better experience the Lord within. All 8 limbs are essential!
annwe6 3 years ago 4
True, true.
Unexpec7ed 3 years ago
Well said! Namaste!
mt24trp 2 years ago
@annwe6 be water, teheh
radioheadkids2 1 year ago
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what a great clip!!!!
this is real history.
alexsummer2007 3 years ago
I'M IMPRESS :)
antoxeee 3 years ago
No words...fantastic!!
pmshaji 3 years ago
very well done, simply amazing
sailajabvrm 3 years ago
Supernatural! He is truly amazing!
setheh 3 years ago
yes he is ;)
NegroMariposa 3 years ago
he is godly.
kolonspy 3 years ago
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I like to feel sexy....knowing someone is watching me ..wanting me...turns me on!BADLY! I like to flirt and pose..and sometimes i like to get WILD! how? ..he he..come in video and youll see:-)) maybe u can teach me something..or maybe i will ! come visit me at ... MeetYourFling (.COM) ... my user-id there is fredericka-gaea chat soon on cam :-) vwybvoskom
funkmasterdorian 3 years ago
Absolutely FANTASTIC!!!!!
sandrabose 3 years ago
Iyengar is such a natural yogi. The asanaa are done with a flow that is effortless and very inspiring.
1spiritual1 3 years ago
Proof Man is GOD!!!!!!!
OsDeus7 3 years ago
fantastic.
mettanc 3 years ago
el Maradona del yoga
unmillondenubes 3 years ago
bad ass. i'm impressed...
LotusOjo 4 years ago
can we all just practice?
lyrics3470 4 years ago
While it seems many cultures most admire virtue in the face of adversity,("Song of Bernadette"-style sainthood), those who wish to be 'saintly', have a better chance if they live in a body that doesn't distract w/pain or undue effort in our daily tasks.
lazur1 4 years ago 2
as he has trained very very hard in yoga postures up to 12-15 hours a day according to his closest france pupil,then he has right to say how those postures works on human body and how they must be performed rightly.
supralee 4 years ago
un poco de práctica vale más que toneladas de teoría
Swami Sivananda
naqueer 4 years ago
It is goot for all yoga
marsha1600 4 years ago
Nice. But it is supergymnastics and acrobacy rather than yoga. People have a false idea that yoga = body exercises. In reality it is just 1% of real yoga.
cenolbaj 4 years ago
it says 1938 and i dont think that sort of gymnastics excisted at that time.
rbflowin 4 years ago
It does not change the fact that it has very little to with a real yoga heritage. Just bodily exercises, nothing more
cenolbaj 4 years ago
well u shud know that yoga is not just one ,there r many different catogories and forms of yoga.this is just one of the subclasses of yoga and yes it is yoga. the one taught to the world is for alertness and mental well being
rbflowin 4 years ago
I know. But this kind of supergymnastics (with the following "Ashtanga Yoga" "Power Yoga" "Bikram Yoga" etc. are just modern commercial and highly superficial inventions. Look at the real yoga sources: Hatha-Yoga Pradipika, Gheranda Samhita, Shiva Samhita, Patanjali Yoga Sutras - and although these are various approaches, you can find there what yoga has been really about since the time immemorial
cenolbaj 4 years ago
cenolbaj, the books that you mention are on all eight limbs of Yoga. Mr. Iyengar here is demonstrating 'Hatha' Yoga. Which is a third rung on the 8 step ladder of Yoga. (Each step is essential to the final goal of Yuj.)
His method or invention as you call it has helped thousands, most of all inspiring students to explore Yoga further and beyond the Hatha. He is uniquely the only modern teacher to have books on Pranayam, Sadhana and Yoga sutra. So give it up for the Guru :-)
sutra46 3 years ago 2
Sorry, the third step in Patanjali´s Ashtanga Yoga is NOT "Hatha -Yoga" but "asana" - and that also not this type of acrobacy, but a sitting asana. Also - Hatha Yoga is NOT asanas (they are just very very small part of hatha yoga). It is something quite different. Misplacing the term "Hatha Yoga" for bodily postures is one of commonly routed mismatch of today
cenolbaj 3 years ago 3
@cenolbaj The full set of asanas were developed long before Patanjali time. It was not just 'sitting'. Most people cannot sit in full lotus posture for days at a time. The systematic development of the body was necessary before pranayama could be practice. This is not 'acrobacy' but the basic requirement for extended sitting and concentration for pranic control. Advanced pranayama requires a healthy, strong body, healthy nervous system, and the ability to sit without discomfort for many many hrs
ccrich100 1 year ago
Another problem with Iyengar "yoga" is its strict rules system - as if people were for yoga and not yoga for people. As if every man or woman has necessarily the same anatomy as Mr.Iyengar and his instructors. Difficulty of asana is considered as a measurement of success or achievement ... Just a step before "yoga competitions" and yoga at olympic games ...
cenolbaj 4 years ago
I give up,u win!!I had no idea that u had so indepth knowledge about yoga.I thought u were someone trying to degrade yoga .
rbflowin 4 years ago
No one's forcing anyone to follow any rules. If you've got a system , & I want to know about it, I want to know your rules. If I can glean an insight into myself from your rules, so be it. If not, I've learned just as much from finding out what doesn't work for me.
lazur1 4 years ago
Maybe I am a little late in your discussion, but I disagree with you. Though Mr. Iyengar´s example of the poses is the ideal, we Iyengar teachers are absolutely aware that every person has his or her own starting point and the poses need to be modified for that person. That is the point with the props we use: To get the correct alignement no matter how flexible we are. And for the difficulty of asanas: I´d much rather do a perfect Dandasana than a crippled Rajakapotasana...
losengeld 3 years ago 3
No part of anything is the truth. Is waking real, or dreams? Neither exists without the other.The whole is the reality. To imply that any part of whole is less than any other part is misleading. These exercises have their place in so-called "real" yoga, and if they are the piece that attract a person to try yoga, there's certainly no harm done.
lazur1 4 years ago
Yoga was not sent here from another dimension. No matter how far back in time it was started, it's man-made, thus apparently 'superficial'; in your estimation. (Actually, Gurdieff did believe that the all yoga is artificial and a negative influence on man's well-being!) I suggest taking what we need and leaving the rest. The body is as real as any other illusion, and so, must be trained along with the mind to allow personal evolution.
lazur1 4 years ago
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enzytebob2 4 years ago
Great video....thanks a lot for sharing...
yogapeacevj 5 years ago
every human has the potential to be spetacular
Ljandj99 5 years ago
good shit, inspiration.
CaptainSmegma 5 years ago
It's incredible for him to control his own body.The master really showed us the beauty of strength,flexibility and balance.
yangmay 5 years ago