BNS Iyengar

[Guest guest]

does anyone know if the place where BNS Iyengar teaches is close to Ashtanga

Institute in Lakshmipuram? How far is it? Does BNS speak English? Does any woman

study with him?

[Guest guest]

BNS Iyengar teaches in a corner of the Mysore Art

Gallery palace building which is central Mysore; I

thought he was a bit creepy when I talked to him, just a

gut feeling. Weird eyes. He wouldn't tell me anything

about how he taught until I came with the USS and

committed for a full month. I later heard from other people

that he wasn't so great with women & was heavy on the

intellectual side of things. When I asked Patthabi Jois about

him he said Who? Who? B K S Iyengar? then claimed

never to have heard of him. I'd recommend going instead

to Auroville and learning from Karen & gerard.

[Guest guest]

BNS Iyengar teaches close to the Kavori Lodge

where most yoga students initally stay. Someone at the

hotel can take you there or ask around. Off in the

opposite direction from Kavori, and a bit farther, is the

Lakshmipuram neighborhood where Jois teaches. So, yes, they

are close to each other. I'd say within an easy

biking distance. BNS Iyengar does speak English and has

mostly Indian yogis as well as some devoted westerners

who return to him each year. I am a woman and have

studied with him and found no problems. He is

compassionate and when I was sore he backed off from pushing

into asanas. I never thought that I would get hurt

during my practices. He has been teaching Ashtanga for

many years and is only really known by word of mouth

from people who have traveled to Mysore. He gives a

bit of Indian philosophy in the beginning; kind of

welcoming you into the community of rishi's but other than

that, most of time you're just doing your

practice.<br><br>Namaste,<br>Yeshe

[Guest guest]

I guess it all depends on who you speak

to.<br><br>Andrew Eppler, one of the very best astanga pracitioners

I've ever met, was a student of BNS. His experience

with the man, his teaching, and the general scene of

the teaching was completely positive.

[Guest guest]

I studied with him this past nov/dec. I had<br>a

wonderful experience. He is a good man.<br>He has

integrity. He is knowledgeable,<br>trustworthy,

approachable...he is very dear.<br>He threw my practice into a

whole other rhelm<br>(in a positive way).

[Guest guest]

we all live in our own reality, except when we surrender our shit and make it

into the light, i found bns iyengar to be the real thing, not everyone is or has

to be a warrior...