“Any action done with beauty and purity and in complete harmony of body, mind and soul, is art. In this way art elevates the artist. As Yoga fulfils the essential need of art, it is an art.”
- B.K.S. Iyengar
The Art of Yoga by BKS Iyengar
The introduction to The Art of Yoga states that BKS Iyengar is world renowned for his study, practice and teaching of Yoga. He brings attention to the artistic interpretation of body, mind and soul through Yoga.
The Art of Yoga is a book I don’t take out nearly as often as Light on Yoga, but every time I do, I see something new and when I start to explore for myself I learn something new.
The forward was written by Yehudi Menuhin in 1984. Yehudi was an artist with the violin and once he started yoga he claimed that B.K.S. Iyengar was the best violin teacher. I am sure I have written other posts on Yehudi, who was instrumental for helping bring Iyengar Yoga to reach many others. In the foreword he writes, “This extraordinary man, Yogacarya B.K.S. Iyengar, has understood that the one inexorable dimension of progress is from the crude towards the subtle. He has equally experienced the power of utmost refinement and the extended gift of bliss and ecstasy as opposed to the transient values of pleasure.”
Over the next few blogs I will incorporate some of the wisdom B.K.S. Iyengar has shared with this supplementary book to Light on Yoga.
Every time I open one of the yoga texts I learn. It is almost like opening a new book each time.
What are you currently exploring?
Pam
