The Fourth Niyama

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'The Fourth Niyama' is a place where conversations on timeless teachings of Yogacharya BKS Iyengar unfold. Join us as we explore the vast subject of Iyengar yoga with senior Iyengar Yoga teachers, direct disciples of Guruji BKS Iyengar. Here they reflect on their journeys in Yoga, share their experiences, lifelong lessons, and recount moments of joy and growth when studying under the guidance of their Guru BKS Iyengar.

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H.S. Arun - Experiment, experience, then share | Part 1 of 2 20.11.2023 33:28

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...

Firooza Ali Razvi - Make life beautiful, enjoy it and be happy 17.10.2023 1:08:59

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...

Siddharth Bangera - Disciplined action is freedom 30.09.2023 1:32:39

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...

Usha Devi - Develop willpower and overcome fears through Yoga 12.09.2023 56:09

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...

The Fourth Niyama - Studying and discovering the Self with Iyengar Yoga 11.09.2023 4:45

'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...