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'''Geeta S. Iyengar''' (7 December 1944 – 16 December 2018<ref name="times-16dec2018">{{cite news |last1=Nair |first1=Manjula |title=Geeta Iyengar, renowned yoga exponent, passes away at 74 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/geeta-iyengar-renowned-yoga-exponent-passes-away-at-74/articleshow/67119933.cms |access-date=December 16, 2018 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date=December 16, 2018}}</ref>), the eldest daughter of Yogacharya [[B. K. S. Iyengar]], was a [[yoga as exercise|yoga]] teacher credited with advancing [[yoga for women]]. | '''Geeta S. Iyengar''' (7 December 1944 – 16 December 2018<ref name="times-16dec2018">{{cite news |last1=Nair |first1=Manjula |title=Geeta Iyengar, renowned yoga exponent, passes away at 74 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/geeta-iyengar-renowned-yoga-exponent-passes-away-at-74/articleshow/67119933.cms |access-date=December 16, 2018 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date=December 16, 2018}}</ref>), the eldest daughter of Yogacharya [[B. K. S. Iyengar]], was a [[yoga as exercise|yoga]] teacher credited with advancing [[yoga for women]]. | ||
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==Life and work== | ==Life and work== | ||
Geeta Iyengar, eldest daughter of the founder of the worldwide | Geeta Iyengar, eldest daughter of the founder of the worldwide [[Iyengar yoga]] method, Yogacharya [[B. K. S. Iyengar]], was described as "the world's leading female yoga teacher".<ref name=Mungen>{{cite news |url=http://articles.latimes.com/print/2001/jun/08/news/cl-8045 |title=Mastering the Meeting of Mind and Body |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |first=Donna |last=Mungen |date=8 June 2001}}</ref> | ||
Iyengar studied yoga with her father from an early age. After graduating high school in 1961, she began substituting for her father when he was away on international teaching tours.<ref name=Mungen /> | Iyengar studied [[yoga as exercise|yoga]] with her father from an early age. After graduating high school in 1961, she began substituting for her father when he was away on international teaching tours.<ref name=Mungen /> When he retired in 1984,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.beliefnet.com/Health/2004/11/Iyengar-Yoga-Food-For-The-Spirit.aspx?p=1 |title=Iyengar Yoga: 'Food for the Spirit'| work=[[Beliefnet]] | first=Mark Bruce |last=Rosin |date=2004}}</ref> she became co-director, with her brother [[Prashant S. Iyengar]], of the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute (RIMYI)<ref>{{cite web |title=Short Biography |url=http://www.bksiyengar.com/modules/guruji/geeta.htm |access-date=6 May 2013}}</ref> as well as undertaking her own international teaching tours. | ||
== Teaching == | == Teaching == | ||
{{further|Yoga for women}} | {{further|Yoga for women}} | ||
Iyengar adapted her father's method of yoga to the specific requirements of women.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.yoga-international.org/article/In+Loving+Gratitude/1213713/131242/article.html|title=In Loving Gratitude|work=[[Yoga International]]|first=Anna|last=Dubrovsky|date=Winter 2012|access-date=2013-05-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222082555/http://www.yoga-international.org/article/In+Loving+Gratitude/1213713/131242/article.html|archive-date=2015-12-22|url-status=dead}}</ref> Specific [[asana]]s, [[pranayama]] and sequences are given for different stages in a woman's life including [[menstruation]], [[pregnancy]], postpartum, and [[menopause]]. Like her father, Iyengar | Iyengar adapted her father's method of yoga to the specific requirements of women.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.yoga-international.org/article/In+Loving+Gratitude/1213713/131242/article.html|title=In Loving Gratitude|work=[[Yoga International]]|first=Anna|last=Dubrovsky|date=Winter 2012|access-date=2013-05-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222082555/http://www.yoga-international.org/article/In+Loving+Gratitude/1213713/131242/article.html|archive-date=2015-12-22|url-status=dead}}</ref> Specific [[asana]]s, [[pranayama]] and sequences are given for different stages in a woman's life including [[menstruation]], [[pregnancy]], postpartum, and [[menopause]]. Like her father, Iyengar explained how yoga is used as a method to unify body and mind, and strengthen the respiratory system, circulatory system, nervous system, muscles, epidermis, and the mind.<ref>Iyengar, 2002.</ref> | ||
In addition to teaching at RIMYI, Iyengar periodically toured worldwide to carry on the [[Iyengar Yoga]] lineage. She was a well-known figure in yoga around the world, in North America,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ascentmagazine.com/articles.aspx?articleID=293&issueID=39 |title=We Are All Karma Yogis |work=[[Ascent magazine]] |first=Geeta |last=Iyengar |date=2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111107130817/http://www.ascentmagazine.com/articles.aspx?articleID=293&issueID=39 |archive-date=2011-11-07 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.yogajournal.com/lifestyle/576?print=1 |title=In Her Father's Light |work=[[Yoga Journal]] |first=Colleen |last=Morton |date=September–October 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.yogachicago.com/jul01/gita.shtml|title=An Odyssey with Geeta Iyengar |work= Yoga Chicago |first=Patrina |last=Dobish |date= July–August 2001}}</ref> Australia,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ayl.com.au/pdf_docs/Geeta_Iyengar_25.pdf |title=Geeta Iyengar in Australia |work=Australia Yoga Life |first=Michael |last=Hollingworth |date=February 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222082948/http://www.ayl.com.au/pdf_docs/Geeta_Iyengar_25.pdf |archive-date=2015-12-22 }}</ref> South Africa,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://yoganewsletters.wordpress.com/2011/08/04/srimati-geeta-s-iyengar%E2%80%99s-second-visit-to-south-africa |title=Srimati Geeta S Iyengar’s second visit to South Africa |work=Yoga Awakening Africa |first=Gillian |last=Bacon |date= August 2011}}</ref> and Europe.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iyengaryoga.org.uk/mi-client/media/documents/practice_of_women.pdf |title=The Practice of Women During the Whole Month |publisher=First published in Poland 2002 |website=Iyengar Yoga.org.uk |date=2009 |author=Iyengar, Geeta |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416155034/https://www.iyengaryoga.org.uk/mi-client/media/documents/practice_of_women.pdf |archive-date=2015-04-16 }}</ref> | In addition to teaching at RIMYI, Iyengar periodically toured worldwide to carry on the [[Iyengar Yoga]] lineage. She was a well-known figure in yoga around the world, in North America,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ascentmagazine.com/articles.aspx?articleID=293&issueID=39 |title=We Are All Karma Yogis |work=[[Ascent magazine]] |first=Geeta |last=Iyengar |date=2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111107130817/http://www.ascentmagazine.com/articles.aspx?articleID=293&issueID=39 |archive-date=2011-11-07 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.yogajournal.com/lifestyle/576?print=1 |title=In Her Father's Light |work=[[Yoga Journal]] |first=Colleen |last=Morton |date=September–October 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.yogachicago.com/jul01/gita.shtml|title=An Odyssey with Geeta Iyengar |work= Yoga Chicago |first=Patrina |last=Dobish |date= July–August 2001}}</ref> Australia,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ayl.com.au/pdf_docs/Geeta_Iyengar_25.pdf |title=Geeta Iyengar in Australia |work=Australia Yoga Life |first=Michael |last=Hollingworth |date=February 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222082948/http://www.ayl.com.au/pdf_docs/Geeta_Iyengar_25.pdf |archive-date=2015-12-22 }}</ref> South Africa,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://yoganewsletters.wordpress.com/2011/08/04/srimati-geeta-s-iyengar%E2%80%99s-second-visit-to-south-africa |title=Srimati Geeta S Iyengar’s second visit to South Africa |work=Yoga Awakening Africa |first=Gillian |last=Bacon |date= August 2011}}</ref> and Europe.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iyengaryoga.org.uk/mi-client/media/documents/practice_of_women.pdf |title=The Practice of Women During the Whole Month |publisher=First published in Poland 2002 |website=Iyengar Yoga.org.uk |date=2009 |author=Iyengar, Geeta |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416155034/https://www.iyengaryoga.org.uk/mi-client/media/documents/practice_of_women.pdf |archive-date=2015-04-16 }}</ref> | ||
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Geeta S. Iyengar (7 December 1944 – 16 December 2018[1]), the eldest daughter of Yogacharya B. K. S. Iyengar, was a yoga teacher credited with advancing yoga for women.
Life and work[edit | edit source]
Geeta Iyengar, eldest daughter of the founder of the worldwide Iyengar yoga method, Yogacharya B. K. S. Iyengar, was described as "the world's leading female yoga teacher".[2]
Iyengar studied yoga with her father from an early age. After graduating high school in 1961, she began substituting for her father when he was away on international teaching tours.[2] When he retired in 1984,[3] she became co-director, with her brother Prashant S. Iyengar, of the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute (RIMYI)[4] as well as undertaking her own international teaching tours.
Teaching[edit | edit source]
Iyengar adapted her father's method of yoga to the specific requirements of women.[5] Specific asanas, pranayama and sequences are given for different stages in a woman's life including menstruation, pregnancy, postpartum, and menopause. Like her father, Iyengar explained how yoga is used as a method to unify body and mind, and strengthen the respiratory system, circulatory system, nervous system, muscles, epidermis, and the mind.[6]
In addition to teaching at RIMYI, Iyengar periodically toured worldwide to carry on the Iyengar Yoga lineage. She was a well-known figure in yoga around the world, in North America,[7][8][9] Australia,[10] South Africa,[11] and Europe.[12]
She trained yoga teachers around the world, for example in Italy.[13] She died on 16 December 2018, two days after her father's birth centenary, aged 74. She was unwell and used a wheelchair for more than a year. She used to say that she won't depart until she completed her father's 100th birth anniversary celebration.[14]
Publications[edit | edit source]
- Iyengar, Geeta. Yoga: A Gem for Women, 2002. ISBN 978-0-931454-98-1
- Iyengar, Geeta. Yoga in Action – Preliminary Course, 2000. ISBN 978-81-87603-01-6
- Iyengar, Geeta. Yoga in Action - Intermediate Course-I, 2013. ISBN 978-81-87603-22-1
- Clennell, Bobby; Iyengar, Geeta. The Women's Yoga Book: Asana and Pranayama for All Phases of the Menstrual Cycle, 2007. ISBN 978-1-930485-18-1
- Iyengar, Geeta. Iyengar Yoga for Motherhood: Safe Practice for Expectant & New Mothers, 2010. ISBN 978-1-402726-89-7
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Nair, Manjula (December 16, 2018). "Geeta Iyengar, renowned yoga exponent, passes away at 74". The Times of India. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mungen, Donna (8 June 2001). "Mastering the Meeting of Mind and Body". Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ Rosin, Mark Bruce (2004). "Iyengar Yoga: 'Food for the Spirit'". Beliefnet.
- ↑ "Short Biography". Retrieved 6 May 2013.
- ↑ Dubrovsky, Anna (Winter 2012). "In Loving Gratitude". Yoga International. Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2013-05-08.
- ↑ Iyengar, 2002.
- ↑ Iyengar, Geeta (2008). "We Are All Karma Yogis". Ascent magazine. Archived from the original on 2011-11-07.
- ↑ Morton, Colleen (September–October 2001). "In Her Father's Light". Yoga Journal.
- ↑ Dobish, Patrina (July–August 2001). "An Odyssey with Geeta Iyengar". Yoga Chicago.
- ↑ Hollingworth, Michael (February 2010). "Geeta Iyengar in Australia" (PDF). Australia Yoga Life. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-12-22.
- ↑ Bacon, Gillian (August 2011). "Srimati Geeta S Iyengar's second visit to South Africa". Yoga Awakening Africa.
- ↑ Iyengar, Geeta (2009). "The Practice of Women During the Whole Month" (PDF). Iyengar Yoga.org.uk. First published in Poland 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-16.
- ↑ "Teachers". Instituto Iyengar Yoga Firenze.it. 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
- ↑ "Geetaji's Icchamrityu". yogdand.com. 2019. Retrieved 13 Feb 2019.