As an infant he was affected by an influenza epidemic that left him frail and unhealthy. Iyengar was born into a large,poverty-stricken family on December 14th,1918 in the Belur district of Karnataka. Iyengar as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. His most popular books include Light on Yoga, which has been published in 18 languages, Light on Pranayama, and Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. Today there are Certified Iyengar Teachers in 65 countries in the Americas, Africa, Europe, Australia, the Middle East, and Asia. His teachings, writings, and devoted corps of students and followers have spread the practice of yoga throughout the world. He is the author of numerous books on yogic practice and philosophy, along with several definitive yoga texts, including the yoga classic Light on Yoga. He has inspired millions of devoted yoga practitioners in the process. His innovative and precise approach to classical hatha yoga has educated generations of people in honing the body’s inherent wisdom through yoga, as informed by Patanjali’s yoga sutras. Iyengar is one of the world’s most acclaimed yoga masters.
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