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Geeta Iyengar
Geeta Iyengar | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1944-12-07)7 December 1944 |
| Died | 16 December 2018 (2018-12-17) (aged 74) |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation(s) | Yoga author and teacher |
| Known for | Yoga for women |
| Father | B.
K. S. Iyengar |
Geeta S. Iyengar (7 December 1944 – 16 December 2018[1]), the eldest daughter of Yogacharya B. K. S. Iyengar, was a yoga teacher credited with advancing yoga for women.
Life and work
Geeta Iyengar, eldest daughter of the founder of the worldwide Iyengar yoga method, Yogacharya B. K. S. Iyengar, was described as "the world's leading female yoga teacher".[2]
Iyengar studied yoga with her father from an early age.
After graduating high school in 1961, she began substituting for her father when he was away on international teaching tours.[2] When he retired in 1984,[3] she became co-director, with her brother Prashant S.
Iyengar, of the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute