Unfortunately, nobody has asked me, ” What is Iyengar yoga about?” My explanation to the imaginary person would be something like this. ” For me, it’s a lifestyle.” I would try to explain yoga in very plain English in practical terms. I would translate the Sanskrit words to the simplest English words to show the practicality. A general overview, there are eight steps or limbs; as follows:
1) ethical behavior
2) mental development
3) postures
4) breathing (energy) management
5) discipline of our senses
6) concentration
7) meditation
8) living in the present without thought.
” Give Iyengar yoga a chance, try it for six months and have the resolve to not quit. For right now, step one, ethical behavior, start cleaning your mind. Think about living this way:
1) living a non violent life
2) truthfulness to the self and others
3) non stealing
4) having little possessions
5) sexual control.
Also, I encourage vegetarianism. I’m not a vegetarian but a work in progress. I believe meat to be unethical and unhealthy. I have a lot of love for animals, friendship, it’s not right to harm them nor eat them.”.
The Yoga Bridge 