Closing Gathering for Light on Prāṇāyāma

IAs our Yoga Readers cycle on B.K.S. Iyengar’s Light on Prāṇāyāma comes to completion, we will gather for a special closing communal meeting – a space to pause, look back, and integrate what this book has opened in us.

Over the past months we have read together slowly, unit by unit, moving from the basic principles of prāṇa and the breath, through Iyengar’s progressive methodology and detailed cautions, into the more subtle reflections on the nervous system, inner stillness, and the bridge toward meditation. We have explored how Light on Prāṇāyāma sits within the wider Iyengar tradition, how it has shaped contemporary teaching of breath, and how it meets our own realities: anxiety, fatigue, illness, ageing, curiosity, and longing for depth.

This is a collective reflection about what have we learned – about prāṇāyāma, about Iyengar’s approach, about ourselves? How has reading this book changed the way we think about preparation, safety, and the nervous system? And – what will we take with us into our practice, our teaching, and our everyday life?