B k s iyengar biography of albert lea

Toggle navigation. Indeed, nothing symbolized the world events that facilitated the spread of his methods in yoga than what befell him there. The spread of Indian thoughts and ideas was greatly—and negatively—affected in when the United States passed a law setting a quota to the number of Indians who could visit or immigrate.

She was drawn to his ability to explain how to use yoga to resolve specific health problems in a clear and easy manner. In , she invited him to visit her in the USA so he could help her with some stomach problems she was having.

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He fell within the quota system and so was able to visit. Although he was in the USA for three weeks, the only people to benefit from his instruction were Mrs. Harkness, some members of her family, and a few of her close friends. But unfortunately, he did not find this first visit to the USA particularly pleasant. I was taken aback to see how the way of life conflicted with my own country.

In , the same year Queen Elisabeth died and that Light On Yoga was at last accepted for publication, the US Congress abolished the quota system on Indian visits and immigration. It paved the way for Iyengar and other Indian savants and made possible the sudden influx of Eastern teachers and knowledge that typified the counter-culture and social revolutions of the s.

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The reason was simple. He was offering ordinary people the same commodity he was offering the rich, the entitled, and the famous: an opportunity to grow in spirit and to gain satisfaction in life by applying the deceptively simple techniques he had gleaned through years of dedicated study. He gave classes to people in London, along with an important lecture-demonstration at the Commonwealth Institute.

The next year he was back again. This time, he began training teachers for London County Council, which would not accept any yoga teachers unless he had personally authorised them.