#  Video: Light on Yoga – in America: On the Legacy of BKS Iyengar 

 





October 20, 2014

 

 

A panel was held on October 20 in honor of the [passing of BKS Iyengar](http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/aug/20/bks-iyengar-guru-global-yoga-dies), considered to have been one of the foremost yoga teachers in the world.

Panelists included scholars and friends of Iyengar: Stephanie Corigliano, PhD candidate, comparative theology, Boston College; [Francis Schussler Fiorenza](https://hds.harvard.edu/people/elisabeth-schussler-fiorenza), Charles Chauncey Stillman Professor of Roman Catholic Theological Studies, HDS; Seth D. Powell, PhD candidate at Harvard; Zoe Stewart, yoga teacher and student of BKS Iyengar for 30 years; Patricia Walden, director, BKS Iyengar Yogamala and student of BKS Iyengar for over 30 years.



 

The panel was moderated by [Francis X. Clooney, S.J.](https://hds.harvard.edu/people/francis-x-clooney), Parkman Professor of Divinity, Professor of Comparative Theology, and director of the [Center for the Study of World Religions](http://cswr.hds.harvard.edu/) at HDS.



 

 

 



 

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