Light of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali [Paperback]

"Patanjali's Yoga Sutras is the bible of yoga!" Godfrey Devereux "BKS Iyengar is renowned throughout the world! his inspired commentary on the ageless treatise by the ancient sage speaks to the soul of every dedicated yogi." Phil Catalfo, Yoga Journal --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

“Patanjali's Yoga Sutras is the bible of yoga…”
Godfrey Devereux

“BKS Iyengar is renowned throughout the world… his inspired commentary on the ageless treatise by the ancient sage speaks to the soul of every dedicated yogi."
Phil Catalfo, Yoga Journal

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

From the world's greatest and best-known teacher of yoga comes this guide to the discipline. Patanjali, an early Indian sage and mystic, was the first to systematize and codify the principle and practice of yoga. Patanjali's collection of 185 aphorisms, "Yoga Sutras", remains the classical work on the subject - this book provides a commentary on Patanjali's work.

The yoga philosophy was first described in the 'Yoga Sutras', a collection of aphorisms offered more than 2,000 years ago by the Indian sage, Patanjali.

The Sutras were the earliest – and are still the most profound and enlightening – study of the human psyche. In them, Patanjali describes the enigma of human existence. He shows how, through yoga practice, we can transform ourselves, gain mastery over the mind and emotions, overcome obstacles to our spiritual evolution and attain the goal of yoga: 'kaivalya', liberation from the bondage of worldly desires and actions, and union with the Divine.

This unique edition contains a new translation of the Sutras and also a commentary by the world's leading teacher of yoga, B K S Iyengar, who has enriched the text with the wealth of his own wisdom and experience of the subject. The result is an accessible, helpful book, of immense value both to students of Indian philosophy and practitioners of yoga.

B.K.S. Iyengar has been teaching and demonstrating yoga for more than 50 years. He has several million students and has established centres all over the world.