Direction was named after BKS Iyengar, one of the greatest masters of yoga, living in, Pune. Iyengar has created a system of physical development of the person, which was transferred to the West in the 60s of the last century and adapted for the Europeans. As a young Iyengar preferred dynamic and rigid practices aimed at strengthening the body -imenno as his mentor T. Krishnamacharya taught the young aristocrats of the military class (another disciple of Krishnamacharya - Patabhi Joyce - became the successor of this method, which was later called the Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga). Over time, however, he realized that such a practice is effective only for the young and healthy people, Iyengar began to pay more attention to the profound and subtle work in the pose and the therapeutic effects of the asanas