Other Resources for Students
Here are some links to helpful resources for yoga students. For book suggestions, visit our book resource page. This list is evolving. Please email your suggestions for additional links.
Chanting
Invocation to Patanjali
Includes a transliteration of the chant, an English translation of Sanskrit, and an MP3 file of chanting by BKS Iyengar.
Invocation to Patanjali
A transliteration and chant recall MP3 file of the Invocation to Patanjali.
Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
Learn to chant the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali word by word and sutra by sutra. A 4-CD set with accompanying Sutra booklet. Distributed by IYNAUS. Audio samples available on web site.
Sanskrit
Guide to Sanskrit Terms in Asanas and the Yoga Sutras
An in-house compilation and arrangement of Sanskrit terms commonly encountered in class.
Glossary of Sanskrit Terms
Glossary of Sanskrit terms from the official BKS Iyengar Yoga web site.
Online Sanskrit Pronunciation Guide
Learn how to better pronounce and understand the Sanskrit words used in classes, conversations, texts, and teachings. Here you will find these Sanskrit words in the original Devanagari script, the corresponding transliteration, English translations of the terms and their roots, and streamable audio files of these words being pronounced.
Home Practice
Stick Figures
Multiple downloadable pages of stick figures to use as a reference when learning how to take notes in yoga class.
The Art of Blanket Folding
The how and why of blanket folding, based on the Iyengar tradition.
Anatomy
Key Muscles of Hatha Yoga
Sample chapters from Scientific Keys, Volume I, The Key Muscles of Hatha Yoga by Ray Long, MD FRCSC.
Slide show of bones
Because bones grow in spirals, not straight lines, each person's bones are different. View a free slide show, excerpted from Paul Grilley's Anatomy for Yoga DVD, which reveals such differences.
