Iyengar yoga is basically a form of Hatha Yoga – a system of Indian philosophy that has been around for at least two and a half thousand years. It is named after B.K.S. Iyengar who has developed a rigorous and detailed approach to the practice and teaching of yoga. It is especially known with using props in order to correct the difficulty that each body may have.
B.K.S. Iyengar’s system of yoga is characterised by an intelligent and scientific approach to asana practice. This does not mean, as is popularly misunderstood, that Iyengar yoga focuses wholly on the ‘physical’ side of the whole philosophy, but that through the focussed and disciplined practice of the asanas, the body and mind are prepared in order to progress toward the higher goals of yoga.
