Light on Yoga: The Bible of Modern Yoga

This amazing book is a wealth of information that keeps on giving. The more you explore, experience and learn about yoga, the more this book has to offer. Mr Iyengar always offers a little something new every time you read him,and the hundreds of photos are a superb illustration of some very difficult concepts.
Not a cover-to-cover read, but instead you should keep this book handy as you will benefit from frequent reference.
If you are interested in the philosophy of yoga, the introduction is amazing and gets better every time you read it.
Although this book may be a bit sophisticated and detailed for a beginner, it is second to none as a tool of ongoing reference and inspiration. Years into my practice I am still inspired by it and often give this book as a gift.

I regard this book as the true arbiter of the correct way to perform all yoga asanas. LIGHT ON YOGA has many things going for it. First of all, Iyengar goes into great detail about the positions. I've never seen another yoga book that goes into such detail. He doesn't make any assumptions. He also gives valuable advice such as "persons over forty should not attempt this asana for the first time" for some of the asanas. (I wish I had read this book before attempting the Scorpion for the first time at age 45!) The second thing I really like about the book is that it is Iyengar, an older man, who demonstrates the postures in the hundreds of photographs, rather than a trim 30-year old woman in a leotard like 9/10ths of all other yoga books. There are zillions of books out there on yoga, many with profuse illustrations and photographs, but none of them even comes close to LIGHT ON YOGA. This is a very valuable reference book. Any person who is serious about yoga should have this book.

Great reference book. The first 40-60 pages cover everything about yoga, its origin, some sanskrit explanations, what it means to be a yogi. The rest of the book goes through each yoga pose explaining the benefits each one has, how to get into the pose step by step and other aspects

Not flashy or even user friendly (hence 4 stars instead of 5) this book is required reading for serious yogins. Iyengars description of poses is the "industry standard" even if you don't agree with his placement of the arm in one asana or another. I find myself referring to this text over and over in my teacher trainings and in my practice.

What else can I say? If you practice yoga, you should have a copy of this book. It's chock full of helpful information and great photos of Mr. Iyengar demonstrating proper alignment in the poses.

I needed this book for my yoga teaching training, and I was glad to have found a secondhand copy. It's a nice quality, and I'm very satisfied with my purchase