B.K.S. Iyengar (14 December 1918 – 20 August 2014) developed an innovative methodology by which to practice classical hatha yoga. Iyengar yoga emphasizes alignment while developing strength, stamina, flexibility and balance.

 

His first daughter, Geeta Iyengar (7 December 1944 – 16 December 2018), continued his work and contributed specialized techniques for women, for all phases of their lives.

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Like her father, Geeta shared how yoga can be used as a method to unify body and mind, and strengthen the respiratory system, circulatory system, nervous system, muscles, epidermis, and the mind.

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BKS Iyengar's son, Prashant Iyengar, continues to teach at RIMYI in Pune, India. 

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BKS Iyengar studied under his brother-in-law, T. Krishnamacharya (1888–1989), here's a link to more about him in wikipedia:

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krishnamacharya:_His_Life_and_Teachings

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Here are a few links to books written by BKS and Geeta Iyengar:

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https://www.amazon.com/Light-Yoga-Bible-Modern/dp/0805210318/ref=asc_df_0805210318/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312142103956&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=11533140055939085369&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9030973&hvtargid=pla-514439939437&psc=1

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https://www.amazon.com/Light-Pr%C3%A3n%C3%A3y%C3%A3ma-Yogic-Art-Breathing/dp/0824506863/ref=sr_1_2?crid=16X218W0YD1GC&keywords=light+on+pranayama+by+bks+iyengar&qid=1558802114&s=books&sprefix=light+on+pranayam%2Cstripbooks%2C183&sr=1-2

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https://www.amazon.com/Yoga-Women-Geeta-S-Iyengar/dp/8170237157/ref=sr_1_1?crid=20NV71YBEQRAA&keywords=yoga+a+gem+for+women&qid=1558802147&s=books&sprefix=yoga+a+gem+for%2Cstripbooks%2C187&sr=1-1

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https://www.amazon.com/Preliminary-Course-Beginners-Yoga-Action/dp/8187603011/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_3/138-4794353-2182707?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=8187603011&pd_rd_r=292fd8bc-7f0b-11e9-ba98-0ff29dc49ff2&pd_rd_w=QQDUc&pd_rd_wg=d6Nzl&pf_rd_p=a2006322-0bc0-4db9-a08e-d168c18ce6f0&pf_rd_r=NPQ6XV4KMXZ0KMBHRV2G&psc=1&refRID=NPQ6XV4KMXZ0KMBHRV2G

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You may want to check out other books regarding yoga poses, sequencing or philosophy. Here are a few:

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The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

Hatha Yoga Pradipika

Yoga, The Iyengar Way (1990)

Yoga: the Path to Holistic Health (2001, 2013)

A Class after a Class: Yoga, an Integrated Science (1998)

Yoga and the New Millennium (2008)

Autobiography of a Yogi - Paramahansa Yogananda (1946)

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