Iyengar yoga is a modern system of yoga created by B. K. S. Iyengar in the 20th century, based on many years of practical work with students in India and the West. Observing people with different physical abilities, he came to see that the classical asanas are not always accessible to everyone and need to be adapted.
This is how his distinctive approach to practice arose: precision, attention to detail, gradualness and the use of props — blocks, straps, blankets, chairs and ropes. Iyengar greatly developed and systematised their use to make working in the asanas more accessible to people of different ages, levels and physical possibilities.
Thanks to this, Iyengar yoga became one of the traditions that played an important role in spreading yoga in the West. His books are among the most popular with yoga practitioners.
In 2004, B. K. S. Iyengar was named in the TIME 100 — the 100 most influential people in the world.
