B. K. S. Iyengar, atau Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar (14 Desember 1918 – 20 Agustus 2014) adalah pendiri Iyengar Yoga dan salah satu pelatih yoga terkenal di dunia. Ia menulis berbagai buku tentang praktik yoga dan filosofi meliputi Light on Yoga, Light on Pranayama, dan Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.
B.K.S. Iyengar | |
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Iyengar saat ulang tahun ke-86 pada 2004 | |
Lahir | Bellur, India Britania (sekarang Karnataka, India) | 14 Desember 1918
Meninggal | 20 Agustus 2014 Pune, Maharashtra, India | (umur 95)
Pekerjaan | Pelatih Yoga, penulis |
Dikenal atas | Iyengar Yoga |
Suami/istri | Ramamani |
Anak | Geeta Prashant Sunita |
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Iyengar menerbitkan buku pertama-nya (Light on Yoga) pada 1966. Bukut tersebut diterjemahkan ke dalam 17 bahasa dan terjual 3 juta salinan.
- Iyengar, B.K.S. (1966; revised ed. 1977). Light on Yoga. New York: Schocken. ISBN 978-0-8052-1031-6
- Iyengar, B.K.S. (1989). Light on Pranayama: The Yogic Art of Breathing. New York: Crossroad. ISBN 0-8245-0686-3
- Iyengar, B.K.S. (1985). The Art of Yoga. Boston: Unwin. ISBN 978-0-04-149062-6
- Iyengar, B.K.S. (1988). The Tree of Yoga. Boston: Shambhala. ISBN 0-87773-464-X
- Iyengar, B.K.S. (1996). Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. London: Thorsons. ISBN 978-0-00-714516-4
- Iyengar, B.K.S., Abrams, D. & Evans, J.J. (2005). Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom. Pennsylvania: Rodale. ISBN 1-59486-248-6
- Iyengar, B.K.S. (2007). Yoga: The Path to Holistic Health. New York: Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 978-0-7566-3362-2
- Iyengar, B.K.S. (8 Vols, 2000-2008). Astadala Yogamala: Collected Works. New Delhi: Allied Publishers.
- Iyengar, B.K.S. (2009). Yoga Wisdom and Practice. New York: Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 0-7566-4283-3
- Iyengar, B.K.S. (2010). Yaugika Manas: Know and Realize the Yogic Mind. Mumbai: Yog. ISBN 81-87603-14-3
- Iyengar, B.K.S. (2012). Core of the Yoga Sutras: The Definitive Guide to the Philosophy of Yoga. London: HarperThorsons. ISBN 978-0-00-792126-3
Referensi sunting
- Aubrey, Allison. "Light on life: B.K.S. Iyengar's Yoga insights". Morning Edition: National Public Radio, 10 November 1995. (full text) Accessed 4 July 2007
- ^ Stukin, Stacie (10 Oktober 2005). "Yogis gather around the guru". Los Angeles Times. Diakses tanggal 9 January 2013.
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Wikimedia Commons memiliki media mengenai B. K. S. Iyengar.
- Situs web resmi Iyengar
- Blog covering Mr. Iyengar's 2005 US visit 2010-05-14 di Wayback Machine.
- BBC World Service article and programme by Mark Tully
- Leap of faith(2008, Trivedi & Makim) Documentary about the life of BKS Iyengar