B.K.S. Iyengar 1938 newsreel Part 1 (SILENT)

This is a film made by McPetruk in 1938 showing and shows Krishnamacharya demonstrating yoga. Here we see a young Iyengar (still alive, well, and doing yoga, BTW) doing advanced poses that constitute the advanced A & B astanga series. This is obviously well before Iyengar dropped the vinyasa aspect from his practice and rebranded it as “Iyengar Yoga”, putting greater emphasis on alignment. … yoga astanga ashtanga asana pranayama jois iyengar india health fitness …