Rodale Press</br></br>Product Description</br></br><p>B.K.S. Iyengar??hailed as "he Michelangelo of yoga" (BBC) and considered by many to be the most important living yoga masterhas spent much of his life introducing the modern world to the ancient practice of yoga. Yoga's popularity is soaring but its widespread acceptance as an exercise for physical fitness and the recognition of its health benefits have not been matched by an understanding of the emotional intellectual and spiritual development that the yogic tradition can also offer. In <i>Light on Life</i> B.K.S. Iyengar brings readers this new and more complete understanding of the yogic journey. Written with the depth of this sage's great wisdom Light on Life is the culmination of a master's spiritual genius a treasured companion to his seminal Light on Yoga.</p></br></br>Amazon.com Review</br></br>If this book is to lay any claim to authenticity it must make one point clear above all others. It is this: By persistent and sustained practice anyone and everyone can make the yoga journey and reach the goal of illumination and freedom. Krishna Buddha and Jesus lie in the hearts of all. They are not film stars mere idols of adulation. They are great inspirational figures whose example is there to be followed. They act as our role models today. Just as they reached Self-Realization?? so may we.<br> <br> Many of you may worry that you are unable to meet the challenges that lie ahead. I want to assure you that you can. I am a man who started from nowhere; I was heavily disadvantaged in many ways. After much time and effort?? I began to reach somewhere. I literally emerged from darkness to light?? from mortal sickness to health?? from crude ignorance to immersion in"ocean of knowledge by one means alone?? namely by zealous persistence in the art and science of yoga practice (sadhana). What held good for me will hold good for you too. Today you also have the benefit of many gifted yoga teachers