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The world's leading teacher of yoga shows how we can transform ourselves by bringing yogic principles into all aspects of daily living."Anyone and everyone can make the yogic journey and reach the goal of illumination and freedom..." from the introduction to Light on LifeB.K.S. Iyengar - hailed as "the Michelangelo of yoga" (BBC) and considered by many to be the most important living yoga master - has spent much of his life introducing the modern world to the ancient practice of yoga. Yoga's popularity is soaring, but its widespread acceptance as an exercise for physical fitness and the recognition of its health benefits have not been matched by an understanding of the emotional, intellectual, and spiritual development that the yogic tradition can also offer.