B K S Iyengar and Yoga for Healthy Long Life

Yoga exponent B K S Iyengar at age 96 Years !!

Recently I watched with amazement A TV Program called "Walk The Talk " Shekar Gupta, a famous TV anchor and chief editor of a news paper/ TV Channel  , walks with a celebrity in deep conversation. Here I watched him in conversation with One of India's most famous Yoga exponent B K S Iyengar at age 96 Years !!

First of all he is the living example that Yoga can help one maintain good health !! Imagine 96 and still teaching and practising Yoga. His advice was simple - the 3 Ws - Work, Words, Worship - Action, Thought and Spirituality.

Energy Flows from the Cosmos
He  explained how Yoga Asanas combined with Pranayama help in generating/increasing energy flow in the body - When the mind, body, spirit and the Cosmos all become one , the energy flows from the Cosmos to the body. He also said the Yoga Asanas depend a lot on bodily alignments which help clear the energy paths and cure all ailments. .

What I loved about this great guruji is his frequent child-like smile and laughter. For one who had created Yoga teachers across the world, and had followers across the humanity spectrum , he comes across as down-to-earth humble and wise man.

I want to ( will try to ) imbibe his philosophies in (rest of ) my life  

So I checked up all the information about him. His official web site does not carry lots of pages boasting and praising him but the links are sufficient to tell one about his greatness. His website is here .

Being an avid yoga practitioner, I checked up YouTube for videos of his Yoga demonstrations. I came across some very early days ones like 1938 type, the last demo I could locate was 1988 type - he must have been around 72 Years - But what RAW Power !! What flexibility!! What perfection - It was like poetry in Grace.

RAW POWER
He was simply so powerful so totally in control of his body - he exuded raw power - it looked like as if he could kick a strong man to death . Of course one cannot imitate him and try all those Asanas - that skill has been developed from young age of 10 to 12 when your bones are flexible and years upon years of practice for perfection.

India has honored him with the highest civilian honour - The PadmaVibhushan      
And he seems fit to live another 50 years!!

So it is that he inspires so many of us to imbibe healthy lifestyle and lead a disease free healthy happy life.  I also learnt a very valuable lesson - Achieve excellence in your chosen field and you will be in great demand for ever. He is still practising Yoga for 3 to 4 hours a day in order to discover some new elements he might have missed - Imagine that after 80+ years of practice. That is Passion for one's chosen call in life. And here I am still in search of my call - Batak Rahi Hoon !!!

In Deep Gratitude and Appreciation 
for him and all such great human beings like him who inspire us to lead a better and more peaceful life.