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Quizz Yourself: How Well Do You Know BKS Iyengar’s Teachings of The Yogasutra’s of Patanajli?

Quizz: BKS Iyengar’s Techings of the Yogasutra’s of Patanajli

How well do you really know Iyengar’s reading of the Yoga Sūtras? Not only the definitions, but the language, the metaphors, the psychological observations, and the way the sūtras appear in lived practice. I created a short quiz inspired by Light on the Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali — touching on citta, abhyāsa, vairāgya, the kośas, sthira-sukham āsanam, and Iyengar’s unique way of translating philosophy into embodied experience. Some questions are textual. Some are experiential. Some may make you recognize your own mind in practice. A small invitation to reflect, remember, and perhaps also discover how much depth still waits inside these teachings.

Which metaphor does Iyengar use for the Yoga Sūtras themselves?
According to Iyengar, yoga is both:
According to Iyengar, what happens when āsana becomes meditative?
What does nirodhaḥ mean, in Yoga Sūtra I.2?
Which pair does Iyengar compare to “two sides of a coin”?
Citta is composed of:
Which image does Iyengar use to describe the soul entangled in suffering?
What is the result of restraining fluctuating thought?
Iyengar defines memory (smṛti) as:
Iyengar associates the “sun” aspect of haṭha yoga with:
According to Yoga Sūtra I.13, practice is:
Iyengar defines vairāgya as:
According to Iyengar, what is the sign of mastery in renunciation?
According to Iyengar, what happens when all vibrations of citta are arrested?
Iyengar defines sthira-sukham āsanam as:
According to Iyengar, what happens if āsanas are not practiced with depth and attention?
According to Iyengar, what is dhāraṇā in practice?
According to Iyengar, what happens when concentration flows into meditation?
Which image does Iyengar use for the soul entangled in suffering?
According to Iyengar, what clouds the fluidity of consciousness?

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Agi Wittich PhD

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.

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