Imagine If Stories of Ordinary People with Extraordinary Grit

‘Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be

cured.’

Guruji B.K.S. Iyengar, credited with spreading the gospel of yoga across the world, began to

practise it as a young boy. He was, in those days, constantly unwell, and his brother-in-law

thought yoga would help him cope. Over time, learning from his own experiences, Guruji

refined and then redefined what he was taught. A disease-free state was no longer his goal;

health, he had come to believe, included well-being of the body, mind, emotions, intellect,

consciousness, morality, sociality and conscience.

It was ill health that introduced Guruji to yoga, and it was with yoga that he gifted health

to millions across the world. In this inspirational book are stories of people with grit and

determination, who overcame various challenges—amputated limbs, cancer, emotional

trauma—with the aid of Iyengar Yoga. Guruji said, ‘Yoga does not change the way a person

sees things; it transforms the person who sees.’ The book is a glimpse into how yoga can

transform you if you open yourself to it.

Bringing together Guruji’s inspirational messages, his recommendations on asanas that help

an individual cope with trauma, Imagine If is a necessary tool in our turbulent times.