Imagine If: Stories of Ordinary People with Extraordinary Grit (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789360451127)

About the Book

WRITTEN BY A SENIOR IYENGAR YOGA PRACTITIONER, THE STORIES IN IMAGINE IF ARE TRULY INSPIRING.

Guruji B.K.S. Iyengar, credited with spreading the gospel of yoga across the world, began to practise it as a young boy. He was, in those days, constantly unwell, and his brother-in-law thought yoga would help him cope. Over time, learning from his own experiences, Guruji refined and then redefined what he was taught. A disease-free state was no longer his goal; health, he had come to believe, includes well-being of the body, mind, emotions, intellect, consciousness, morality, sociality and conscience.

It was ill health that introduced Guruji to yoga, and it was with yoga that he gifted health to millions across the world. In this inspirational book are stories of people with grit and determination, who overcame various challenges-amputated limbs, cancer, emotional trauma-with the aid of Iyengar Yoga. Guruji said, 'Yoga does not change the way a person sees things; it transforms the person who sees.' The book is a glimpse into how yoga can transform you if you open yourself to it.

Bringing together Guruji's inspirational messages, his recommendations on asanas that help an individual cope with trauma, Imagine If is a necessary tool in our turbulent times.

About the Author

Rajvi is a student of Iyengar Yoga, having studied directly under Guruji B.K.S. Iyengar, and Geeta and Prashant Iyengar for many decades. She has travelled to many countries to teach yoga in the tradition of B.K.S. Iyengar, to experience first-hand how Guruji B.K.S. Iyengar, through this subject of yoga, has unified the world, cutting across all barriers of language, geo-political ideologies, socio-economic conditions and cultural differences.

She is the founder-editor of the magazine Yoga Rahasya, which has been published for the last twenty-six years. She is currently involved in modern scientific research on Iyengar Yoga. She is a reproductive biologist by training and profession.