2012 Bruce M. Roger [Yoga St. Louis front door] The design of our Yoga St. Louis studio is based on the philosophy of yoga and influenced by Zen temple architecture. I was moved by the simple and restrained Zen temples that used allusion, without…
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Welcome to India
“You shouldn’t be here,” BKS Iyengar muttered bluntly. My heart sank. Welcome to Iyengar yoga. It was nine AM , January 2, 1984. Geeta Iyengar had read through our medical forms with a bare-chested, BKS Iyengar looking over her shoulder, han…
Pilgrimage to RIMYI
2012 Bruce M. Roger Photo: Kailasha Temple: Shiva’s Abode, Ellora Cave #16. The culmination of the rock-cut architecture (756-783 CE). It’s monolithic structure is carved out of a solid rock mass, from the top down and the outside in, and made …
All Roads Lead to India: My Path to B.K.S. Iyengar
When I was younger, I never gave a lot of credit to fate. But, in hindsight, it is easy to connect the life events that drew me to yoga. 2012 Bruce M. Roger When I was almost thirteen, influenced by my grandmother’s tour of India, I painted a w…