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By Agi Wittich Ph.D. & CIYT Light on Prāṇāyāma is not a book you read once. You read it in layers. Maybe you start for the technique, then for the philosophy behind the technique, then for the moments when the
A special offering for Light on Prāṇāyāma readers We’re happy to offer this 5-session online prāṇāyāma course with senior Iyengar teacher Stephanie Quirk at a special readers’ price of $108. This is meant for those studying Light on Prāṇāyāma as
Brahmapurī and the Yogic Architecture of the Self When we practice yoga, we often hear that “the body is a temple.” But what does this metaphor actually mean within the yogic tradition? And why does B.K.S. Iyengar return so often
A special offering for Light on Prāṇāyāma readers We’re happy to offer this 5-session online prāṇāyāma course with senior Iyengar teacher Stephanie Quirk at a special readers’ price of $108. This is meant for those studying Light on Prāṇāyāma as
At the opening of Light on Prāṇāyāma, B.K.S. Iyengar invokes Hanumān [हनुमान्]. The reference is brief, almost passing, yet it is not incidental. Iyengar rarely places an image at the threshold of a text without pedagogical intent. The question, then,
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 spent over 20 years living, studying and working directly with the Iyengar family at the Ramamani
Date and Time: May 24, 2026 8am UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) As 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
A global reading journey with B.K.S. Iyengar’s classic on the yogic art of breathing January – May 2026 on Sundays 8am UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) This year we’re reading Light on Prāṇāyāma together – slowly, closely, with curiosity. In this
Date and Time: January 18, 2026 8am UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) In this new Yoga Readers cycle we will be reading B.K.S. Iyengar’s Light on Prāṇāyāma – his major work on yogic breathing, and a text that has quietly shaped how many
