IYENGAR YOGA …x Runners!

Iyengar Yoga as from Runners World.com

WHAT IT IS

Purist yoga named after founder B.K.S. Iyengar. Props—blocks, straps, harnesses, and incline boards—are used to get you more perfectly into positions. That’s why Iyengar’s nicknamed “furniture yoga.”

BEST FOR

Learning the fundamentals, which builds a superior foundation for other styles. Plus it systematically works every part of your body, giving you great muscle definition, not mass.

WHO’S GOTTA HAVE IT

Patient perfectionists. Detail-oriented folks who want to “do it right” rather than “just do it” will get the most from it, says Roger Cole, Ph.D., a certified Iyengar teacher in Del Mar, California.

NEED TO KNOW

If you’re straining to reach the floor, place one of those Styrofoam or wooden blocks so it meets your hand partway. Remember, there’s no shame in this.

CHEAT SHEET

These teachers are sticklers for alignment. Wear fitted clothing so they can check your form.

FAMOUS FOR

ndie McDowell’s rocking almost-50-year-old figure and Iyengar’s Light on Yoga, the 1966 bible of this discipline. We published the sequel Light On Life.

CHEAT SHEET

Iyengar Yoga National Association of the United States

Official B.K.S. Iyengar website

Patricia Walden and Manuso Manos are the most senior American teachers in this discipline.

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