no that is not assertiveness, he is a grumpy old man with issues and anger that he sheds on his students, see how poor the other teacher is. more over you see him many times mock other Yoga methods, saying that "this is not Yoga", saying "this is not Yoga" is not Yoga
@@NidalSamaradokhtar That is how it is taught in India. Every Other school. We Indians dont find it unusual. We aren't offended when a guru corrects the posture.
@@NidalSamaradokhtar His tone is very normal for an Indian teacher/father/boss. Nothing to do with anger, if anything he is very passionate about what he is teaching.
He's a genius!!! I'd listen to him yell at me any day, especially since I know that what he teaches will save me from injury and TEACH me how to properly do the asana and align so that I don't cause my body injury in the future. Westerners want things delivered with sugar on top, and sugar is one of the worse poisons on Earth! If a child is about to step into fire you would yell, and YET if an adult is about to twist their knee in asana (creating micro-tears in their meniscus that could, with repeated yoga practice, get worse and require surgery) we say nothing. We cannot compare Iyengar Yoga to what is taught in the west. It's like comparing apples and oranges. Iyengar teaches disciplined practice. North American yoga (generally speaking) lacks discipline unfortunately.
The Doctors in Pune are very Happy, about the Iyengar Ashram,... keeps them busy :-) I prefer the methods/teachings of Patanjali. I got injured , because they push you always and overstretch your muscles. Over my 20 Years visiting India I can recommend Yogapoint.com ,... traditional Hatha and Ashtanga Yoga, how it should be. But it's an Indian University and Ashram, not suitable for most western people. What makes a human a genius ? Teaching Yoga ? For sure he was a god businessmen and in the eyes of many Indian Yoga Teachers,... he was just flexible, but not a good teacher. Anyway,.... if it works for you,...it's fine. :-)
You sound bitter and resentful at Western yoga....your generalizations are unfounded without specifics...you should seek help with the resentment...I'm kidding..you're too egotistical to think you need help
So much sincerity in the craft, genuine teaching and wants them to do it to the fullest possible and yet avoiding injury. You don’t see teachers like this anymore
Michaelangelo was known to be very exacting in his work. Once , someone asked him 'master why do you labour over these trifles, they are just trifles'. Yes, replied the master. They are indeed trifles. But remember, trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.
I come to remember some of my maths teachers,. .he is an authority and that brings in the arrogance ...but I think there's a hidden love and kindness ....
@@louloupeacelove1022 What does this addiction bring? :) It´s a sincere question. Because in the modern life (of mine), I find it very difficult to commit to one discipline. Being 27 years old, I have had a spell of life for 3 years (21-24) where I did yoga every day twice, meditation twice and it did really help me through that difficult phase I was going through, but at the same time my Master has told me - you are still not in that situation to commit to one single discipline, because everything around you is changing so fast - so in order to keep up with it, you must adapt as well and keep in touch with different aspects of life. Otherwise one would have to crawl in a remote cave somewhere in mountains and observe breathing 24/7, which is possible to start doing anytime anyways... I am a little bit confused, but I feel I must trust the words of my master and just try to soak in all aspects of life - including drinking from time to time and indulging in different passions (as well as meditating and doing yoga on semi-regular basis). Maybe some day path will be as clear as the blue sky? who knows... anyway, I was feeling the need to express myself. Namaste and have a good day/night, whoever reads it :).
Naman Gurudev..What a beautiful master! His guidelines are gems.. Currently, yoga has become a fad, reduced to an exercise but this guru remains the lighthouse for some rarest yogis, devoted disciples.
we are fortunate most fortunate to watch his directly involved practical session videos which demonstrate his knowledge self confidence and assertiveness and a clarity of the mind and mind control over body.... God bless his eternal spirit....
Anyone know of follow-up contact or info for the people attending the workshop? Would love to hear from their perspective (on meeting/training with Iyengar) and also see if any of them are currently teaching - thank you!
If you had spent only a couple of minutes in the company of BKS IYENGAR within seconds you would have realised that you were RIGHTLY in the company of a MASTER of YOGA, an AUTHENTIC and GENUINE GURU of YOGA. But you would have realised also that you were completely wrong in assuming that BKS IYENGAR was whatever negative opinion you might have had of him (if ever). I myself was of the opinion that he was a man VERY DIFFICULT to APPROACH and VERY SEVERE. BUT I was wrong. He was GENTLE and SOFT as butter, SWEET as HONEY, REFRESHING AS A GENTLE BREEZE, an EXTREMELY HUMBLE person. BUT he was an ARDENT and an ADAMANT practitioner of YOGA. He was a man who had dedicated his WHOLE LIFE to YOGA, a COMMITTED and ENTHUSIASTIC GURU (teacher) and a SUPER-EXPERT of YOGA, and NATURALLY he VALUED ONLY YOGA that was associated only with THE GENUINE PRESENTATION;
I'm stuck like glue on every inch of guruji teachings on youtube... I'm getting ahead of my class bc him.. I want to train under a teacher like this, and feel bc of my age I missed this train:-( but is his daughter of the same caliber ?? is yet for me to find out when I go to India next time. My class is chanting Aum and don't know who Shiva is even when The Natraj statue is in front of them:-( every legend is gone, in this way the future sucks! - "Flow like water my friend" said another perfectionist ;-)
"May mankind be of one mind, May it have a common goal. May all hearts be united in love, And with the mind and the goal being one may all of us live in happiness" Vedas- 7000 yrs. Ago
On BKSI YOGA, IAM too small to comment. As per yogasutra his mastery was high enough only in art of yogasana, but spiritual train of enlightenment missed from the very platform of yoga, swami the jalkamal.
Yes, check for BKS Iyengar yoga classes in your area with a certified teacher. I have seen great changes in my flexibility in the year and a half I’ve been practicing, twice a week. Started from never having practiced any yoga to now taking the level two and three classes, the most advanced level at my centre. If you’re serious and dedicated, you will advance steadily. Certified Iyengar teachers are the best guarantee for a correct practice.
For all the westerners and first world Indians who are offended by the great master's anger or grumpiness - you have to understand the cultural difference between old south east Asian and western attitudes - I don't find it unusual - his tone or anger - you can see similar culture in martial arts teachers from yester years. I am not knowledgeable enough to say how yogic or not he is , but all I know is we all learnt while getting screwed everyday by our masters and we never felt offended - because we knew where it was coming from and it made us better. The western ppl get offended easily and make a huge ruckus. And obviously have misplaced priorities where the children don't have proper punishment and reward behaviour reinforcement, the teacher can't punish the pupil but the pupil can resort to bullying.
Yoga is art of Tamil culture, its help to people can live with good health, and he tells some words in between the speech as a name of different yoga asana ...
Yeah...still I don't understand something...how teachers of yoga but their body is not healthy...I can understand you don't need to be something to teach it and I am a good example...but still we speak about yoga..if a normal teacher I can understand but famous teacher !!...for what they are famous...yoga is spiritual how can reach the point if they can't reach the point of spirituality with their healthy body...because this is the point with yoga...with a healthy body you reach the spirituality...yoga is not only about gesture is avant tout about spirituality...that explain why he Need to amaze people to nourish his self confidence ...there is a difference between amazing people in a natural way and a need...and this is a problem of many teachers yoga...you need to know what to take from them...spirituality they are not able...but maybe gesture from their experience...their old experience...where they stopped on because they were not "able" to go far...because in going far...they need to open their griefs...so they stopped to this point and nourished themselves with the celebrity
Many people get on the asana merry-go-round and never get off or move to other things. Asana does not lead to enlightenment or even being a better person, unless someone's is just trying hard for that anyway. The healthy body is so that you can sit and meditate, and other things can potentially happen with subtle energy that make it easier to get a one-pointed mind. But postures by themselves don't lead to the spirituality. I had an Iyengar teacher that used to joke, once you got into the pose, "Do you feel enlightened yet?" It was said sarcastically. But she didn't teach anything beyond asana, maybe just a little pranayama. So I get the joke but I wondered, why not teach these things that lead to transcendent states? Why just become the police with perfect yoga postures if it is not to go further?
So after watching these videos, reading comments, comparing what I saw on internet I have to surrender to the fact I wont be able to learn the real yoga.
Mr. BKS... Yoga is art of Tamil culture, asanas help to people can live with good health, and he tells some words in between the speech as a name of different yoga asanas...
I Wish, I could have gotten the oppertunity to listen to his scolding. A true compassionate master. 🙏
A real Guru. Superb depth in teaching. Blessed are those, who got to interact with him in person.
What an honor to be able to even watch on a video.
This is amazing his intelligence lives on in these videos!
Great teacher....so much knowledgeful over minutest details...all respect to Guruji
No he was not an angry man but very assertive and confident in what he was teaching. A BLESSING FOR HUMANITY
no that is not assertiveness, he is a grumpy old man with issues and anger that he sheds on his students, see how poor the other teacher is.
more over you see him many times mock other Yoga methods, saying that "this is not Yoga", saying "this is not Yoga" is not Yoga
When somebody attains perfection he expects words to be perfect. A bit of humility is requested from Shri B.S.Iyenger.
@@NidalSamaradokhtar That is how it is taught in India. Every Other school. We Indians dont find it unusual. We aren't offended when a guru corrects the posture.
@@NidalSamaradokhtar His tone is very normal for an Indian teacher/father/boss. Nothing to do with anger, if anything he is very passionate about what he is teaching.
Wonder how old this video is..maybe early 90s
Really so clearly he explained each and every point ..🙏
These people are lucky who are learning....great job guys...
He's a genius!!! I'd listen to him yell at me any day, especially since I know that what he teaches will save me from injury and TEACH me how to properly do the asana and align so that I don't cause my body injury in the future. Westerners want things delivered with sugar on top, and sugar is one of the worse poisons on Earth! If a child is about to step into fire you would yell, and YET if an adult is about to twist their knee in asana (creating micro-tears in their meniscus that could, with repeated yoga practice, get worse and require surgery) we say nothing. We cannot compare Iyengar Yoga to what is taught in the west. It's like comparing apples and oranges. Iyengar teaches disciplined practice. North American yoga (generally speaking) lacks discipline unfortunately.
Great words
The Doctors in Pune are very Happy, about the Iyengar Ashram,... keeps them busy :-) I prefer the methods/teachings of Patanjali. I got injured , because they push you always and overstretch your muscles. Over my 20 Years visiting India I can recommend Yogapoint.com ,... traditional Hatha and Ashtanga Yoga, how it should be. But it's an Indian University and Ashram, not suitable for most western people. What makes a human a genius ? Teaching Yoga ? For sure he was a god businessmen and in the eyes of many Indian Yoga Teachers,... he was just flexible, but not a good teacher. Anyway,.... if it works for you,...it's fine. :-)
thats true I am certainly aware of this in my own Practice I need to listen to my body much more
You sound bitter and resentful at Western yoga....your generalizations are unfounded without specifics...you should seek help with the resentment...I'm kidding..you're too egotistical to think you need help
who are you talking to
classic Iyengar at his best , thank you for posting, Aum shanti
OMG. Great Indian Teacher. Looks agree but really passionate and compassionate. Love the Humanity. Love Yoga.
One of the greatest yoga teacher ,of world who had enormous contribution to make known yoga and its benefits to whole world.
thanks for posting! had questions about this pose and to have the answer from this mastered teacher is just what was needed! thanks!!!
Thank you so much for this video :)
So much sincerity in the craft, genuine teaching and wants them to do it to the fullest possible and yet avoiding injury. You don’t see teachers like this anymore
Judy Smith at Iyengar studio in London is wonderful
Intersno posmotreti tehniku! Spasibo. No aggressiaya ne opravdana!
It was love at first sight. I want to be in that room listening to that man
Thank you interweb!
Unmatchable command & mastery over Yoga...🙏🙏🙏🙏
❤️incredible teaching!
I do Mysore. Iyengar teaching is very prevalent in the approach. This is all shown. Wonderful stuff.
Only those who know ‘yoga’ will know what a great master and yogi he was. We can understand within first 2 minutes itself. :)
Humble pranamas 🙏🙏🙏
Great teacher indian yoga gurudev congratations ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Michaelangelo was known to be very exacting in his work. Once , someone asked him 'master why do you labour over these trifles, they are just trifles'. Yes, replied the master. They are indeed trifles. But remember, trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.
A genius guruji🙏🙏🙏
Thank u for sharing this vital video of guru ji
I will learn from him when no one is around😁. God i wish i had a teacher like that.
If this has to be started when the spine is soft and all the muscles adapt well, the ribs also open more and that gives more lung capacity.
I come to remember some of my maths teachers,. .he is an authority and that brings in the arrogance ...but I think there's a hidden love and kindness ....
A great teacher 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Don't start practicing iyengar. You will become an addict.
Haha good addiction
Its good addiction
Will it any loss or gain
@@louloupeacelove1022 What does this addiction bring? :) It´s a sincere question. Because in the modern life (of mine), I find it very difficult to commit to one discipline. Being 27 years old, I have had a spell of life for 3 years (21-24) where I did yoga every day twice, meditation twice and it did really help me through that difficult phase I was going through, but at the same time my Master has told me - you are still not in that situation to commit to one single discipline, because everything around you is changing so fast - so in order to keep up with it, you must adapt as well and keep in touch with different aspects of life. Otherwise one would have to crawl in a remote cave somewhere in mountains and observe breathing 24/7, which is possible to start doing anytime anyways... I am a little bit confused, but I feel I must trust the words of my master and just try to soak in all aspects of life - including drinking from time to time and indulging in different passions (as well as meditating and doing yoga on semi-regular basis). Maybe some day path will be as clear as the blue sky? who knows... anyway, I was feeling the need to express myself. Namaste and have a good day/night, whoever reads it :).
Exactly
Iyengar's Light of Yoga is the best book find technical perfection in Yoga.
That's 'light on yoga ' 🙏
Naman Gurudev..What a beautiful master! His guidelines are gems.. Currently, yoga has become a fad, reduced to an exercise but this guru remains the lighthouse for some rarest yogis, devoted disciples.
Awesome fascinating!!!! Humorous 🤔👍👏
BKS is a genius teacher....
С нетерпением жду перевод на Русский язык. Поставлю лайк и подпишусь. 🌟
Перевода не будет. Нет времени
Best yoga guru
Upload bks iyengar yoga for legs and lower body..
we are fortunate most fortunate to watch his directly involved practical session videos which demonstrate his knowledge self confidence and assertiveness and a clarity of the mind and mind control over body.... God bless his eternal spirit....
I got a message! Thank you Master Thanks for upload
Anyone know of follow-up contact or info for the people attending the workshop? Would love to hear from their perspective (on meeting/training with Iyengar) and also see if any of them are currently teaching - thank you!
He’s so sweet!
Wow. Guru of Yoga.
Urope people are very lucky, to have such a great teacher.
If you had spent only a couple of minutes in the company of BKS IYENGAR within seconds you would have realised that you were RIGHTLY in the company of a MASTER of YOGA, an AUTHENTIC and GENUINE GURU of YOGA.
But you would have realised also that you were completely wrong in assuming that BKS IYENGAR was whatever negative opinion you might have had of him (if ever).
I myself was of the opinion that he was a man VERY DIFFICULT to APPROACH and VERY SEVERE. BUT I was wrong. He was GENTLE and SOFT as butter, SWEET as HONEY, REFRESHING AS A GENTLE BREEZE, an EXTREMELY HUMBLE person. BUT he was an ARDENT and an ADAMANT practitioner of YOGA. He was a man who had dedicated his WHOLE LIFE to YOGA, a COMMITTED and ENTHUSIASTIC GURU (teacher) and a SUPER-EXPERT of YOGA, and NATURALLY he VALUED ONLY YOGA that was associated only with THE GENUINE PRESENTATION;
Yes he was very serious about his Yoga. Very few now that serious type of training.
I'm stuck like glue on every inch of guruji teachings on youtube... I'm getting ahead of my class bc him.. I want to train under a teacher like this, and feel bc of my age I missed this train:-( but is his daughter of the same caliber ?? is yet for me to find out when I go to India next time. My class is chanting Aum and don't know who Shiva is even when The Natraj statue is in front of them:-( every legend is gone, in this way the future sucks! - "Flow like water my friend" said another perfectionist ;-)
What a Beautiful description of Him! Thank You!
Guru Brahma namaha 🙏🙏 Yoga is lighter then body ,Mighter then Mind.
Nobody will teach like this, because he himself Docterate.
Thank U
Very nice sir
"May mankind be of one mind, May it have a common goal. May all hearts be united in love, And with the mind and the goal being one may all of us live in happiness"
Vedas- 7000 yrs. Ago
Amazing❤
9:28
damn this guy had some good humors
cool he is very good as a teacher
Great man good Guru
Eh! Bharphy! hehhehe classic my grandfather used to speak like Guruji... अष्टाङ्ग🙏🏽🙏🏽
I was at that convention, incredible experience to be in his presence.
Será que alguien TRADUZCA AL ESPAÑOL ESTA CLASE. INFINITAS GRACIAS SOY OM
He is worring that his students will become not good enough teachers.
man lucky were the people to learn from a real GURU.
Amazing how many people can actually do this. I got to try it.
मुझे मेरे भारत देश एवं उसकी संस्कृति पर गर्व है 🙏धन्यवाद गुरु जी
Great
On BKSI YOGA, IAM too small to comment. As per yogasutra his mastery was high enough only in art of yogasana, but spiritual train of enlightenment missed from the very platform of yoga, swami the jalkamal.
Yoga Prophet !
He is marvelous
The best yoga teacher in the world
👏👏🙏
Bit scary. But I agree, there must be benefits of doing this.
I prefer doing simple Yoga and Pranayama
He is so cute when he scolds loving
hhaa, cute hain
🙏🙏🙏
Greatest yoga beesma of india
♥️♥️♥️♥️
Is there any organisation of this where I can learn yoga from basic to advance. If any please tell me
Yes, check for BKS Iyengar yoga classes in your area with a certified teacher. I have seen great changes in my flexibility in the year and a half I’ve been practicing, twice a week. Started from never having practiced any yoga to now taking the level two and three classes, the most advanced level at my centre. If you’re serious and dedicated, you will advance steadily. Certified Iyengar teachers are the best guarantee for a correct practice.
Possitive 🙏🏽
Ooohhhh really...i just passed through all the comments..
Everyone is great. No body is right or wrong.
:)
I find difficult to do Urdhuva Asana. Could someone help me
You mean Oordhva Dhanurasana.
He is very calculated & Science including.
He is trying to explain briefly.
I came here after reading the book, First there's the Mountain by Elizabeth Kadetsky on Iyengar Yoga
My name is senthilkumar, from India, madurai ,tamilnadu, I am willing to be interested in yoga exercises, kindly guide me guru,
Published on 26th jan 2018??
Very Strict Sir Yoga & he tells perfectly.
old angry man
He may be assertive, but he is very compassionate. I am not offended. Because that's the way a teacher should bring out the sincerity of disciples.
For all the westerners and first world Indians who are offended by the great master's anger or grumpiness - you have to understand the cultural difference between old south east Asian and western attitudes - I don't find it unusual - his tone or anger - you can see similar culture in martial arts teachers from yester years.
I am not knowledgeable enough to say how yogic or not he is , but all I know is we all learnt while getting screwed everyday by our masters and we never felt offended - because we knew where it was coming from and it made us better. The western ppl get offended easily and make a huge ruckus. And obviously have misplaced priorities where the children don't have proper punishment and reward behaviour reinforcement, the teacher can't punish the pupil but the pupil can resort to bullying.
varun kommalapati Even Miyagi yelled at Daniel “Show!!” The intention is everything. Iyengar is clean inside.
The greatest
I thought he was going to bite them!
❤️
This guy is the real deal,,,,,,a real guru with no BS attitude,,,,,when the pupil is ready ,,,you will meet a master,,,,
🙏♥️☀️🎈
Beautiful guruji
Because transmission of yoga can only happen in a committed atmosphere.. Out there and within
Om ji
I love this yoga but can’t understand half of what he’s saying.
Yoga is art of Tamil culture, its help to people can live with good health, and he tells some words in between the speech as a name of different yoga asana ...
@@Kingsman-1981 why u peoples always wants to divide the india in north,west,east and south why u don't said indian culture instead of tamil here
😙👍👏👏👏👏👏👏
I do sirsasan sarbamgasan chakrasan vujangasan dhanurasan and matsasan every day how long I do this asan stay long
....and this is why I don't flow yoga from those instagrammers!! They want to sell me lululemon accessories not teach me yoga!! 🤦🏽♀️
Oooh I bet your bum looks yum in one, I like yoga 😁😜😁
He is real yogi
Satyammatharu
Favor subtitulado en Español 🙏🙏🙏
👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽🙏🏽😃😀🕉️
Who is the teacher at 11:25? I have an artificial hip too, I would like to pratice with her
Her name is Mary Dunn but sadly she passed away from peritoneal cancer in Sept 2008.
@@suzanned8571 Sad
artificial hip means?
@@PradeepKumar-te2zc not the real one . Hip transplant the person might have broken his god given hip in accident so doctors fixed plastic hip.
Yeah...still I don't understand something...how teachers of yoga but their body is not healthy...I can understand you don't need to be something to teach it and I am a good example...but still we speak about yoga..if a normal teacher I can understand but famous teacher !!...for what they are famous...yoga is spiritual how can reach the point if they can't reach the point of spirituality with their healthy body...because this is the point with yoga...with a healthy body you reach the spirituality...yoga is not only about gesture is avant tout about spirituality...that explain why he Need to amaze people to nourish his self confidence ...there is a difference between amazing people in a natural way and a need...and this is a problem of many teachers yoga...you need to know what to take from them...spirituality they are not able...but maybe gesture from their experience...their old experience...where they stopped on because they were not "able" to go far...because in going far...they need to open their griefs...so they stopped to this point and nourished themselves with the celebrity
Good clever point, discussable
I agree, found this video of him doing yoga ua-cam.com/video/VVIbEEJcaSo/v-deo.html
See... These are just hath yoga.. Asanas yoga is more about other things this is just one thing out of 8 what yoga consist.....
Many people get on the asana merry-go-round and never get off or move to other things. Asana does not lead to enlightenment or even being a better person, unless someone's is just trying hard for that anyway. The healthy body is so that you can sit and meditate, and other things can potentially happen with subtle energy that make it easier to get a one-pointed mind. But postures by themselves don't lead to the spirituality. I had an Iyengar teacher that used to joke, once you got into the pose, "Do you feel enlightened yet?" It was said sarcastically. But she didn't teach anything beyond asana, maybe just a little pranayama. So I get the joke but I wondered, why not teach these things that lead to transcendent states? Why just become the police with perfect yoga postures if it is not to go further?
So after watching these videos, reading comments, comparing what I saw on internet I have to surrender to the fact I wont be able to learn the real yoga.
:))
Mr. BKS... Yoga is art of Tamil culture, asanas help to people can live with good health, and he tells some words in between the speech as a name of different yoga asanas...
Muthu Raman enough with the Tamil nonsense! Every asana in Yoga is in sanskrit!
U r disgusting person always wants to divide india why u can't say indian culture instead of tamil
don't be idiotic bro....what if Tamil or some xyz language.. just shutup and listen to guru or else u miss the point . love day k ball 😎😎😎😎