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,
קבלו השראה והישארו מעודכנים – הירשם לניוזלטר שלנו לקבלת העדכונים האחרונים, תובנות מעוררות מחשבה ומשאבים בלעדיים למסע היוגה שלך
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) As our Yoga Readers cycle on B.K.S. Iyengar’s Light on Prāṇāyāma comes to completion, we
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.