"The Bible of Modern Yoga"

Meaning, a book you will study from and learn from throughout your journey of Yoga and life. This is an incredible book that never grows old. I visit it often to grow deeper in my practice of Yoga and its teachings. B.K.S. Iyengar is one of the World's Foremost Teachers on Yoga. He also published a recent book called "Light on Life" which I am currently reading. Light on Yoga, however, gives you a description of the most well-known Yoga poses and their benefits. It also gives a tremendous background on the philosophical teachings of Yoga. Much I have learned about Yoga, has come from reading this book. I will share a few lines from one of my favorite parts of this book which is a poem called, Song of the Soul, about awakening to the eternal Bliss which is within us all...

"I am neither ego nor reason, I am neither mind nor thought,
I cannot be heard nor cast into words, nor by smell nor sight ever caught:
In light and wind I am not found, nor yet in earth and sky-
Consciousness and joy incarnate, Bliss of the Blissful am I...

I cast aside hatred and passion, I conquered delusion and greed;
No touch of pride caressed me, so envy never did breed:
Beyond all faiths, past reach of wealth, past feedom, past desire,
Consciousness and joy am I, and Bliss is my attire...

Neither knowable, knowledge, nor knower am I, formless is my form,
I dwell within the senses but they are not my home:
Ever serenely balanced, I am neither free nor bound-
Consciousness and joy am I, and Bliss is where I am found."

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