Light on Yoga
1966 book on the Iyengar Yoga style of modern yoga as exercise / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Light on Yoga: Yoga Dipika (Sanskrit: योग दीपिका, "Yoga Dīpikā") is a 1966 book on the Iyengar Yoga style of modern yoga as exercise by B. K. S. Iyengar, first published in English. It describes more than 200 yoga postures or asanas, and is illustrated with some 600 monochrome photographs of Iyengar demonstrating these.
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Author | B. K. S. Iyengar |
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Language | English |
Subject | Hatha Yoga |
Publisher | George Allen and Unwin |
Publication date | 1966 |
OCLC | 51315708 |
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The book has been described as the 'bible of modern yoga',[1][2] and its presentation of the asanas has been called "unprecedented"[3] and "encyclopedic".[3]
It has been translated into at least 23 languages and has sold over three million copies.[4][5]