He is credited with inspiring much of the modern popularity of Yoga in the west. His book Light of Yoga, first published in 1996, gave the most detailed and anatomical account of the yoga postures. For the first time, the Yoga postures were particularly accessible to westerners as they described free of the overt religiousness of previous Yoga texts. Iyengar Yoga is generally more dynamic than other styles of Hatha Yoga, with more precise instructions which emphasise balanced postural alignment. You are guided to carefully align the limbs, torso, hands, feet and head in each posture.
Refined alignment enhances the benefits brought by the postures.
Every part of your body works together in a balanced way, interweaving mind and body. Inyengar Yoga is also unique in its developed uses of yoga equipment, which allows everyone to experience the postures in a way appropriate for them and optimising the benefits experienced. Yoga develops strength and suppleness of the body and unifies body and mind. This brings a feeling of resilience and groundedness, even when experiencing great demands. Yoga enhances your health, whatever your physical type, increase your stamina, reduce fatigue and gives you resistance to stress and aliments.