Posted
on December 14, 2016
Some
people celebrate today as Yoga Day because it is the birthday of a
man called “the father of modern yoga,” B.K.S. Iyengar.
Iyengar
is credited with popularizing yoga in India and, later, around the
world!
Iyengar
had a rough start to his life. When he was born, in a region that was
then the Kingdom of Mysore – but is now a part of India, his town
had been hit by an influenza pandemic. He caught the disease – just
a newborn! The disease left him a sickly baby and child. He suffered
from diseases and malnutrition as a kid – malaria, tuberculosis,
typhoid fever, etc.
Also,
when Iyengar was just 9 years old, his father died of appendicitis.
A
yogi who happened to his brother-in-law invited the 15-year-old
Iyengar to learn yoga, which is a way of moving and breathing, but
most of all a way of focusing attention and energy, in order to
improve health.
That
invitation changed Iyengar's life!
By
age 18 Iyengar was teaching yoga. And eventually he taught some
well-known people (including actors, novelists, and queens). When he
taught the famous violinist Yehudi Menuhin, and Menuhin decided that
practicing yoga improved his performance ability, suddenly the world
opened up to Iyengar.
There
are lots of yoga resources online. Here's one!
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| After having such a sickly babyhood and childhood, Iyengar ended up living a really long, full life! |
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