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India yoga guru BKS Iyengar dies | India yoga guru BKS Iyengar dies |
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Indian yoga guru BKS Iyengar has died in the western city of Pune, aged 95. | |
Mr Iyengar was admitted to hospital last week and died early on Wednesday following kidney problems, doctors treating him said. | Mr Iyengar was admitted to hospital last week and died early on Wednesday following kidney problems, doctors treating him said. |
Mr Iyengar was credited with his own brand of yoga, and taught author Aldous Huxley and violinist Yehudi Menuhin, among other celebrities. | Mr Iyengar was credited with his own brand of yoga, and taught author Aldous Huxley and violinist Yehudi Menuhin, among other celebrities. |
Iyengar yoga is now taught in more than 70 countries and the guru's books have been translated into 13 languages. | Iyengar yoga is now taught in more than 70 countries and the guru's books have been translated into 13 languages. |
One of yoga's finest teachers, Mr Iyengar practised what he called an "art and science" for more than eight decades and ran one of India's top yoga schools in Pune. | One of yoga's finest teachers, Mr Iyengar practised what he called an "art and science" for more than eight decades and ran one of India's top yoga schools in Pune. |
He continued to practice - "practice is my feast", he once told a correspondent - in his old age and could still do the sirsasana - or the headstand - for half an hour until last year. | He continued to practice - "practice is my feast", he once told a correspondent - in his old age and could still do the sirsasana - or the headstand - for half an hour until last year. |
He used around 50 props, including ropes and mats, to align and stretch the body. | He used around 50 props, including ropes and mats, to align and stretch the body. |
"When I stretch, I stretch in such a way that my awareness moves, and a gate of awareness finally opens," Mr Iyengar told the Mint newspaper last year. | "When I stretch, I stretch in such a way that my awareness moves, and a gate of awareness finally opens," Mr Iyengar told the Mint newspaper last year. |
"When I still find some parts of my body that I have not found before, I tell myself, yes I am progressing scientifically... I don't stretch my body as if it is an object. I do yoga from the self towards the body, not the other way around." | "When I still find some parts of my body that I have not found before, I tell myself, yes I am progressing scientifically... I don't stretch my body as if it is an object. I do yoga from the self towards the body, not the other way around." |
When he first met Yehudi Menuhin, the violinist complained that he never had time to relax and never got a good night's sleep. | When he first met Yehudi Menuhin, the violinist complained that he never had time to relax and never got a good night's sleep. |
"Within one minute Iyengar had him snoring happily away. But Guruji did warn me: 'Relaxation doesn't mean yoga is a soft option. It's a disciplined subject - a casual attempt only gains casual results'," Mark Tully, former BBC correspondent in India, wrote after meeting Mr Iyengar in 2001. | "Within one minute Iyengar had him snoring happily away. But Guruji did warn me: 'Relaxation doesn't mean yoga is a soft option. It's a disciplined subject - a casual attempt only gains casual results'," Mark Tully, former BBC correspondent in India, wrote after meeting Mr Iyengar in 2001. |