“If you practice yoga every day with perseverance, you will be able to face the turmoil of life with steadiness and maturity.” ~ BKS Iyengar
http://iynaus.org/ – This is the Iyengar Yoga National Association of the United States website. There are teachers listed in every state on this site.
http://bksiyengar.com/ – This is an international site where you can locate certified Iyengar teachers and centers anywhere in the world.
Patañjali Chants
Invocation:
yogena cittasya padena vacam
Yoga for consciousness, grammar for speech
malam sarirasya ca vaidyakena
medicine for the ills of the body;
yopa karottam pravaram muninam
he gave us these things the sage
patañjalim pranjalir anato’smi
Patañjali to whom I pay my respects.
abahu purusakaram
His upper body (arms) of human form,
sankha chakrasi dharinam
holding conch and disc,
sahasra sirasam svetam
thousand headed cobra (over his head)
pranamami patañjalim
I pay my respects to Patañjali
Listen to BKS Iyengar chanting the above invocation.
yastyaktva rupamadhyam prabhavati jagato’nekadhanugrahaya
praksinaklesharasirvisamavisadharo’nekavaktrah subhogi
sarvajnanaprasutirbhujagaparikarah pritaye yasya nityam
devohisah sa vovyatsitavimalatanuryogado yogahyuktah
