Yasungulwa yi-BKS Iyengar, leli fomu le-yoga laziwa ngokusetshenziswa kwamabhande, amabhlogo, izingubo zokulala, ama-roller, ngisho namasaka esihlabathi njengosizo ekwenzeni i-asanas. Okudingekayo kukuvumela ukuthi usebenzise i-asanas ngendlela efanele, unciphise ubungozi bokulimala futhi wenze umkhuba ufinyeleleke kubo bobabili abantu abasha nabadala.
U-Iyengar waqala ukufunda i-yoga eneminyaka engu-16. Lapho eneminyaka engu-18, waya ePune (India) ukuze adlulisele ulwazi lwakhe kwabanye. Ubhale izincwadi ze-14, enye ye-"Light on Yoga" edume kakhulu ihunyushelwe ezilimini ezingu-18.
Njengoba iwuhlobo lwe-hatha yoga, i-Iyengar igxile ekuqondaneni komzimba wenyama ngokwenza ngcono kokuma. I-Iyengar yoga yakhelwe ukuhlanganisa umzimba, umoya nengqondo ukuze kuzuzwe impilo nokuphila kahle. Lesi siyalo siyabhekwa
I-yoga ye-Iyengar inconywa ikakhulukazi kwabaqalayo, ngoba inaka kakhulu ekwakheni umzimba kuwo wonke ama-asanas. Umgogodla oqondile kanye ne-symmetry kubaluleke kakhulu njengokuqina kwe-asanas.
Ukuqondanisa kwe-anatomical kukho konke ukuma kwenza yonke i-asana ibe yinzuzo kumalunga, imigqa nemisipha, okuvumela umzimba ukuthi uthuthuke ngokuvumelana.
I-yoga ye-Iyengar isebenzisa izinsiza ukuze wonke uchwepheshe, kungakhathalekile amakhono nokulinganiselwa, akwazi ukufeza ukusebenza kahle kwe-asana.
Ukuqina okukhulu, ukuguquguquka, ukuqina, kanye nokuqwashisa nokuphulukiswa kungafinyelelwa ngokugcina isikhathi esiningi ku-asana.
Njenganoma yisiphi esinye isiyalo, i-Iyengar yoga idinga ukuqeqeshwa ukuze ithuthuke futhi ithuthuke.
Umfutho wegazi ophakeme, ukudangala, ubuhlungu obungapheli emhlane nasentanyeni, ukuntuleka kwamasosha omzimba ngezinye zezimo azelapha ngomkhuba wakhe.