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Detailed explanation-1: -Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar (14 December 1918 – 20 August 2014) was an Indian teacher of yoga and author. He is founder of the style of yoga as exercise, known as “Iyengar Yoga “, and was considered one of the foremost yoga gurus in the world.
Detailed explanation-2: -Iyengar yoga traces its origins back to Patanjali, a guru (teacher) in ancient India around 150 BCE who compiled the Yoga Sutras, considered the foundational text of the philosophy underlying classical yoga. One of Iyengar’s earliest books, Light on Yoga (1966), is an exposition for Westerners of Patanjali’s thought.
Detailed explanation-3: -Iyengar began teaching yoga in 1936. As American and European students began seeking yoga instruction in the 1960s, Iyengar’s method rose to prominence. He established his principal school, the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute (RIMYI) named for his wife in Pune, India in 1975.