Missy Pinky, I am not that familiar

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with Mr. Iyengar and did not read his article

where he claimed to have made up the Asanas. I have

never really had much interest in taking an Iyengar

class as all the practioners struck me as pansiesl. If

your statement that Iyengar took credti for inventing

the yoga postures is true, then everyone must watch

the 1938 video of him and Krishnamacharya.<br><br>In

his youth, before he was corrupted by commercialist

pursuit, Mr. Iyengar was a great ASHATANGA YOGI. It is

there in black and white for the world to see as he

performs beautiful poses from second and third series with

vinyasa.<br><br>If so then, Mr. Iyengar is potentially the greatest

yoga fraud of all time having mastered the advanced

postures and studying with the great master, then watering

it down for anal retentive americans and taking

credit for developing the postures himself.<br><br>I

think this board should have a mock trial on the

criminality of Mr. BKS Iyengar.<br><br>Thank you for bringing

to my attention such a potentially egregious example

of yoga fraud.<br><br>I will check my files and put

out a few inquiries with my operatives in the field,

and look into this matter immediately.<br><br>Names

are being taken, lists are being made.<br><br>ESPW

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I have seen that video and it's really amazing.

But I think you have to read the sutras fully and a

lot of Mr Iyengar's writings to see how he developed

his total insistence on perfection of alignment in

the poses to get deeper and deeper into them "firmly,

to find therein joy" and to reach the point where

"the effort becomes effortless" and "dualities

disappear" so that the turnings of thought cease. The

vinyasa became a distraction, not a link. Afterall, the

purpose of dedicated zealous practice in both systems is

the same, to "achieve samadhi and overcome the 5

klesas."<br>Namaste