B.K.S. Iyengar, a pioneering teacher and founder of Iyengar Yoga who helped shape the modern, studio-based practice of the yoga we see everywhere, begins in weakness.

As a child, he suffered from malaria, tuberculosis, and severe malnutrition. His early life was defined by physical limitation and instability. When yoga entered his world, it demanded rigor. Through disciplined practice, he gradually rebuilt his body. And over time, that fragile boy became a figure of extraordinary steadiness and control. His breathing reflected that transformation. It was slow, it was full, it was deliberate, it was trained.