The Fourth Niyama

Episode 5. In this episode, I continue my conversation with Sri H.S. Arun, a senior Iyengar Yoga teacher from Bangalore. Join us as Arunji shares a touching story of Guruji's visit to the Iyengar Yoga Institute in Bangalore, Prashant Yogashraya. You'll also discover why the practice of Maitrī (friendliness, loving kindness) is so crucial for a Yoga teacher, and what is Arunji's favorit...

Episode 4. Sri H.S. Arun is a senior teacher of Iyengar Yoga from Bangalore. He met his Guru, BKS Iyengar, in 1978 and became his devoted disciple. Sri Arun has been teaching Yoga at his Yoga center, Prashant Yogashraya, for nearly 40 years. His wife, Shreematha, is also an ardent student of Iyengar Yoga; she teaches yoga when Arunji travels abroad to conduct workshops for his students around the...

Episode 3. Firooza Ali Razvi is among the most senior Iyengar Yoga teachers and based in Mumbai. She has studied with Yogacharya BKS Iyengar since 1977. Firooza was in her early twenties when she started her Yoga journey with her first Yoga teacher Father Joe Pereira. Father Joe later became a medium between Guruji and Firooza, and introduced her to BKS Iyengar. She shares how Yoga has taught her...

Episode 2. Siddharth Bangera is a third generation student of Yogacharya BKS Iyenagar and a highly regarded Iyengar Yoga teacher based in Mumbai. Siddharth has been practicing Iyengar Yoga since the age of 9. He formally started attending Guruji's classes in Mumbai in 1989. His grandfather, Honnaya Guruva Bangera, started learning from Guruji in the late 1950s. Siddharth's father, Jawahar...

Episode 1. What are the essential qualities that every Yoga student should cultivate? How can we conquer our fears through the practice of Yoga? How can Yoga help in recovery and healing after serious life accidents? Usha Devi, a senior teacher of Iyengar Yoga, and a direct disciple of Guruji BKS Iyengar, has learned through her own experience that hard work, determination, humbleness, and fearles...

'Yoga is the journey of the Self, through the Self, to the Self,' says Bhagavat Gita. Studying and discovering the Self is the essential part of Yoga practice. Yogacharya BKS Iyengar, who was the greatest teacher of Yoga in modern times, was continuously studying and examining his physical, physiological, and mental body during his Yoga practice. He gained all his knowledge about Yoga thro...