100-Day Challenge

Today was the 100th anniversary of the birth of BKS Iyengar, a world-famous yoga teacher who introduced Yehudi Menuhin to yoga. He died at the age of 96 in 2014.

Our yoga studio issued a challenge for all clients to complete 100 days of 15-minute yoga sessions at home, culminating today. I was a few days late starting and missed a couple of days due to illness, but came close to meeting the challenge. 

There was a party at the studio today to commemorate Mr Iyengar.The owner of the studio met him and studied at his institute in India several times, as did some of the other instructors. He was a remarkable man who overcame a very inauspicious early life -- do read his obituary in the link above.