Hiraṇyagarbha: The Primordial Source of Yoga
At the beginning of Light on Prāṇāyāma, B.K.S. Iyengar mentions, almost in passing, the concept of Hiraṇyagarbha. He does not stop to explain it,
Knowledge, Practice, and Healing
Knowledge, Practice, and Healing
מאת אגי ויטיך, PhD, CIYT
At the beginning of Light on Prāṇāyāma, B.K.S. Iyengar mentions, almost in passing, the concept of Hiraṇyagarbha. He does not stop to explain it,
March 8, 2026 9:30am UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) About Stephanie Quirk Stephanie Quirk is internationally recognised as a leader in Iyengar Yoga therapeutics. She
Date and Time: May 24, 2026 8am UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) We closed the Light on Prāṇāyāma reading cycle on Saturday, May 24th. Ten
Agi Wittich is a yoga practitioner since two decades, and is a certified Iyengar Yoga teacher. Wittich studied Sanskrit and Tamil at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, completing a PhD with a focus on Hinduism, Yoga, and Gender. She has published academic papers exploring topics such as Iyengar yoga and women, the effects of Western media on the image of yoga, and an analysis of the Thirumanthiram yoga text.