Light on Pranayama [Jan 10, 2005] B.K.S. Iyengar

Hand down, this is the best and most authoritative text on the ancient yogic science of breath and life force control ever written. It’s written by the author of one of the most important reference guides to the overall practice of hatha and raja yoga, Light on Yoga by BKS Iyengar.

Love this book, it is wonderful gives full details on breathing, much more detailed than other books I jhave seen.

I did not need this copy

If you do pranayama, need to follow few prominent rules. Good book

I have the original paperback version from the 1970s which is now falling apart. This offering is a straight copy, page for page, which is what I was looking for. However, while the print is a bit clearer, the photos of Mr Iyengar, which are an important feature of this work, are not so clear as my 1970s copy, as regards contrast and definition. So it's 5 stars for Mr Iyengar's content, but only 3 stars for the quality of reproduction.

A través de la respiración consciente nos acercamos a nuestro verdadero ser, ne quietud y recogimiento. Este libro es la experiencia compartida de un gran maestro.

Never expected someone to include very minor details in writing. Such a brief book and practical book on pranayam, gives an experience of being taught orally as someone including every of your query and questions you will face during practice. Very vivid about the types of pranayam, uses and it's adaptability. And somehow good for a beginner who don't have or want any human help.

This an amazing book which provides an in depth understanding about yoga and Pranayam. As the title of the book clearly indicates, this book is dedicated to Pranayam only, but one must have mastered the basic asans before doing Pranayam, this has been clearly mentioned in the book at several places. Therefore it is advisable to first read about the basic asans from the book Light on Yoga which has been authored by Iyengar himself. Reading this book has been an eye opener for me because it goes into so many fine details and nuances of yoga which cannot be learnt without considerable practice. Iyengar is in a different league altogether, none of the so called self proclaimed yoga gurus can measure upto him except Sadhguru. My interest in yoga first grew when I saw videos of Sadhguru on YouTube. Yoga is a wonderful and powerful tool to transform our lives and experience things which we cannot even dream of.