VHS CATALOG - DETAILED DESCRIPTION
Iyengar's 75th Birthday, November/December 1993
Panchgani, India
15 volume set
On the occasion of his seventy-fifth birthday,
Yogacharya B.K.S. Iyengar gave a ten day workshop to a group of invited
teachers from around the world. The course was an amazingly detailed
exploration of the physical, mental and spiritual aspects of yoga asana
and pranayama practice. Each inspiring class was professionally
documented with outstanding picture and sound quality.
DVD versions of the 75th birthday tapes will be
among the first new releases forthcoming.
ASANA
Asana Class 1, Tape 1 (volume 1)
Course overview. Tadasana (mountain pose) and
Trikonasana (triangle pose) Mr. Iyengar defines meditation in
asana. Asana brings knowledge and pranayama devotion. Awakening
consciousness. Subtle perception. Detailed coverage of the foot.,
The use of power and intelligence, "He who has mastered asana has
mastered everything". Mature intelligence and resolving dualities.
Gross and subtle areas of the body. Spontaneous intelligence.
Product number: B75V01
Asana Class 1, Tape 2 (volume 2)
Adho Mukha Vrksasana (hand balance), Adho Mukha
Svanasana (downward dog pose) and Parsvakonasana (side stretch lunge)
Penetrating dark areas of the body and pacifying the brain. The
elements: Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Ether (space) and the different
characteristics of the flow of intelligence in the body.
Product number: B75V02
Asana Class 2, Tape 1 (volume 4)
Tadasana (mountain pose), Trikonasana (triangle
pose), Parsvakonasana (side stretch lunge) and Virabhadrasana 1
(warrior pose 1) He introduces the concept of purity in
practice. The importance of the mental process in asana and awakening
consciousness throughout the body using volition receiving
intelligence. Preserving the healthy function of the knees. Practicing
asana correctly to purge the intellect. Yoga as a means, yoga as an
end.
Product number: B75V04
Asana Class 2, Tape 2 (volume 5)
Ardha Chandrasana (triangle balance), Adho Mukha
Vrksasana (hand balance), Sirsasana (head balance) and Adho Mukha
Svanasana (downward dog pose) Alignment. The deceptive nature of
body, brain and mind Creating “banks” to control the
flow of the rivers of intelligence in the body. Correct feeling of the
brain. Going beyond the mind
Product number: B75V05
Asana Class 3, Tape 1 (volume 7)
Tadasana (mountain pose) and Trikonasana (triangle
pose) Mr. Iyengar consolidates some basics for building up
individual practice. Developing accurate perception. Working from the
skin. Understanding the elements. He demonstrates adjustments on
beginning an advanced students. The tailbone. Individual space and
cosmic space.
Product number: B75V07
Asana Class 3, Tape 2 (volume 8)
Parsvakonasana (side stretch lunge), Virabhadrasana
1 (warrior pose 1), Adho Mukha Vrksasana (hand balance), Sirsasana
(head balance) and Tadasana (mountain pose) Working towards
maturity in the postures. Precise knee action.
Product number: B75V08
Asana Class 4, Tape 1 (volume 10)
Tadasana (mountain pose), Trikonasana (triangle
pose), Parsvakonasana (side stretch lunge), Virabhadrasana 1(warrior
pose 1), Virabhadrasana 2 (warrior pose 2) and Ardha Chandrasana
(triangle balance) Dynamic standing poses, Mr. Iyengar is
vibrant. The tailbone and consciousness of the legs. New insights into
the essential standing poses. Perceiving the movement of consciousness.
Listening to the vibration of the body. Source points of intelligence.
Motion and action.
Product number: B75V10
Asana Class 4, Tape 2 (volume 11)
Parsvottanasana (triangle forward bend), Adho Mukha
Svanasana (downward dog pose), Virabhadrasana 3 (warrior pose 3),
Adho Mukha Vrksasana (hand balance) and Sirsasana (head balance)
Moving the part, moving the whole. Subtle sensitivity of the
tailbone. Spiritual practice. Contracting the perineum. The interaction
of skin and muscle.
Product number: B75V11
Asana Class 5, Tape 1 (volume 13)
Trikonasana (triangle pose), Parsvakonasana (side
stretch lunge), Virabhadrasana 1 (warrior pose 1), Urdhva Dhanurasana
(back bend) – feet only, Virabhadrasana 2 (warrior pose 2)
Gross and subtle areas of the legs. Mr. Iyengar demonstrates the
“ultimate” in Trikonasana. Detailed work of the feet in
standing poses transposed to backbends. Correct movements of the groin.
Product number: B75V13
Asana Class 5, Tape 2 (volume 14)
Virabhadrasana 2 (warrior pose 2), Ardha
Chandrasana (triangle balance), Uttanasana (standing forward
bend) Adho Mukha Svanasana (downward dog pose), Adho Mukha Vrksasana
(hand balance) Urdhva Dhanurasana (back bend) and partner
work.Extending consciousness in the legs. Extending consciousness in
the arms. Awareness of the ears. Volcanic consciousness.
Product number: B75V14
PRANAYAMA
Pranayama Class 1 (volume 3)
Ujjayi Mr. Iyengar calls this class the
foundation. He discusses Patanjali's definition of Pranayama. He
teaches about the perception and control of the five elements during
inhalation and exhalation. Balancing the inner energy.
Product number: B75V03
Pranayama Class 2 (volume 9)
Sitting posture, Ujjayi Position of the
tailbone. Perception of the lungs and awareness of warmth (element of
fire). Action of the ribs. Alertness of the spine. Ascending
consciousness in the chest during exhalation. Mr. Iyengar demonstrates
correction of the sitting posture on four students. Subtle
details of the eyes neck and tongue. Objective and subjective
intelligence. Beyond the five elements.
Product number: B75V09
Pranayama Class 3 (volume 15)
Sitting Posture, Ujjayi, Kumbhaka Mr.
Iyengar indicates common errors in the sitting postures of seven
students. Shoulder blades, arms and hands. Descending the head.
Parallel movements of the chest. Direction of the biceps and elbows.
Savasana.
Product number: B75V15
QUESTION AND ANSWER
Question and Answer 1 (volume 6)
A clear explanation of the five elements. Mr.
Iyengar speaks of his own development as a teacher and yogi. In depth
observations on the process of learning and self study. Internal
dialogue and the reflective intelligence. The higher aspects of asana.
Product number: B75V06
Question and Answer 2 (volume 12)
Some anatomical definitions. Working from the foot.
The breath in asanas. Fear and new frontiers in the body. Unknown
retention of the breath. Limitations as a teacher. Dark spots in the
body. Tamas, Rajas and Sattva in asana. Subtle movements of the
tailbone. Dangers of wrong pranayama practice. The definition of
health. Spiritual health. The five vehicles of the soul and the five
elements.
Product number: B75V12
Special price for this complete 15 volume set:
$350.
A la carte prices:
1 tape $35. 3 tapes $99. 6 tapes
$175. 7 - 14 tapes $25 each.
