The Tree of Yoga

Iyengar on the Cultivation of Body and Mind

B.K.S. Iyengar

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Shambhala Publications Inc
25 March 2025

Family & health

In this classic guide, legendary yoga teacher B. K. S. Iyengar reflects on his method that popularized yoga around the globe.

In this classic guide, legendary yoga teacher B. K. S. Iyengar reflects on his method that popularized yoga around the globe.

In The Tree of Yoga, renowned yoga teacher B.K.S. Iyengar offers his thoughts on the integration of philosophy, spirituality, and practice underlying his yoga method and how it can be incorporated into everyday living. Iyengar yoga focuses on developing strength, endurance, correct body alignment, flexibility, and relaxation. Included here is Iyengar's reflection on yoga in the context of

family life,

love and sexuality, health and the healing arts, meditation, death, and Patanjali's Yoga Sutras.

This edition also features a foreword by Patricia Walden, a leading American teacher of the Iyengar style, as well as a bibliography for further reading and a glossary of Sanskrit terms.

By: B.K.S. Iyengar
Imprint: Shambhala Publications Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 369g
ISBN: 9781645472858
ISBN 10: 164547285X
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 25 March 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

B. K. S. Iyengar lives in India and travels throughout the world to teach the many people who study his methods of yoga practice. He is the author of Light on Yoga and Light on Pranayama.

Reviews for The Tree of Yoga: Iyengar on the Cultivation of Body and Mind

""Valuable insights into the therapeutic nature of yoga. . . . Those already familiar with Iyengar's work will find subtlety and depth here that will increase with each rereading.""— Yoga Journal ""The well known Iyengar, a yoga teacher for fifty years and family man with six children, offers valuable teachings that are consistently lucid, inspiring, and instructive.""— East West