Yoga Guru · Ācārya
B. K. S. Iyengar
Developed alignment- and prop-based method; author of Light on Yoga.
Period: 1918–2014
Associated with: Pune
Tradition: Iyengar Yoga
📿 Historically documentedDates and lineage below reflect scholarly consensus; confidence levels are shown for each link.Confidence: High
Lineage timeline (Paramparā)
The teacher-to-student transmission — oldest first, flowing down through the generations.
- Tirumalai Krishnamacharya1888–1989
guru disciple · confidence High
- B. K. S. IyengarThis page1918–2014
Students who carried it forward
- Geeta S. Iyengar1944–2018
guru disciple · confidence High
- Prashant S. Iyengarb. 1949
guru disciple · confidence High
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