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B.K.S. Iyengar was born
on December 14th 1918 in Karnataka, India. He was
introduced to yoga by a renowned yogi, T.Krishnamacharya
and started teaching in 1936. He was introduced to
the west in 1954 by the violinist Yehudi Menuhin and
with the publication of his book 'Light
on Yoga' in 1966.
B.K.S. Iyengar is considered by many to be the world's
foremost exponent of yoga, having devoted his entire
lifetime to its study and dissemination.
He still lives and teaches with his family in Pune,
India, where the first Iyengar Yoga Institute was
set up in 1975. In his eighties, Mr Iyengar is an
inspirational, living example of the power of yoga
with his vitality, enthusiasm and grace.
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