Bend it like BKS: Yoga master Iyengar, superguru of the world, has died

Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar, better known as BKS Iyengar, the Indian yoga guru credited with helping to fuel a global explosion in the popularity of the ancient spiritual practice, died on August 20 aged 95.

Iyengar started his yoga school in 1973 in the western city of Pune, developing a unique form of the practice that he said anyone could follow. He trained hundreds of teachers to disseminate his approach, which uses props such as belts and ropes to help novice practitioners achieve the poses.