The Tree of Yoga

​In this classic guide, legendary yoga teacher B. K. S. Iyengar reflects on his method that popularized yoga around the globe.

In The Tree of Yoga, renowned yoga teacher B.K.S. Iyengar offers his thoughts on the integration of philosophy, spirituality, and practice underlying his yoga method and how it can be incorporated into everyday living. Iyengar yoga focuses on developing strength, endurance, correct body alignment, flexibility, and relaxation. Included here is Iyengar's reflection on yoga in the context of

• family life,

• love and sexuality,
• health and the healing arts,
• meditation,
• death, and
• Pata?jali's Yoga Sutras.

This edition also features a foreword by Patricia Walden, a leading American teacher of the Iyengar style, as well as a bibliography for further reading and a glossary of Sanskrit terms.

Author: B. K. S. Iyengar
Publisher: Shambhala
Published: 02/25/2025
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9781645472858
ISBN10: 164547285X
BISAC Categories:
- Health & Fitness | Yoga
- Religion | Hinduism | General
- Self-Help | Spiritual

About the Author
B. K. S. Iyengar lives in India and travels throughout the world to teach the many people who study his methods of yoga practice. He is the author of Light on Yoga and Light on Pranayama.