At the age of 15, Iyengar went to live with his brother-in-law, Sri Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, one of the most famous yogis of all time wherein he learned yogasana and gradually overcome his weaknesses.During childhood time, he was very sick and weak and continued to suffer from a variety of ailments like malaria, tuberculosis, typhoid fever, and malnutrition.He was the 11th of 13 children and faced a very difficult childhood due to the poor condition of the family.In June 2011, he was presented with a commemorative stamp issued in his honor by the Beijing branch of China Post.
Yogacharya Iyengar was awarded the Padma Shri in 1991, the Padma Bhushan in 2002, and the Padma Vibhushan in 2014, and in 2004 he was featured by Time Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world.Iyengar school of yoga is worldwide famous and generally offered yoga classes more or less in all the continents of the world and has millions of followers across the world.The book features instructions, illustrations, and descriptions of yoga poses and breathing exercises (pranayama) and also featured 600 yoga photos of Iyengar practicing yoga. Often called “the bible of yoga,” it succeeded in making yoga well known throughout the globe. “Light on Yoga” gradually became an international best-seller and was translated into 17 languages.Some of his best-known books are ‘Light on Yoga’, ‘Light on Pranayama’, ‘Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjala’, ‘Patanjala Yogasutra Paricaya’, ‘Illustrated Light on Yoga’, ‘Yoga-A Path to Holistic Health’, Art of Yoga, ‘Light on Life’, Yoga and Sports-A Journey towards Health and Healing, etc.
Iyengar has authored more than 30 books on yoga practice and philosophy. In fact, he is known as King of Yogasanas because of the way he embraces and the precision of practice of yoga poses.
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