Lois's teaching is based on the Iyengar method of yoga. B.K.S Iyengar began the school of Hatha yoga which bears his name. Mr. Iyengar has had much to do with bringing yoga to the West. He published his first book Light on Yoga in 1966 and founded the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute (RIMYI) in Pune, India in 1973.1 Mr. Iyengar designed many props such as blankets, blocks, bolsters, straps and chairs and incorporated them into practice to ease people into poses as they gradually build strength and flexibility. Alignment and precision are emphasized, and poses are held for a longer duration than in most other yoga styles. Perfection in the pose is strived for, along with balance, symmetry, and correct action. “Perfection in an asana (or pose, posture) is achieved when the effort to perform it becomes effortless, and the infinite being within is reached,” writes Iyengar in Yoga, the Path to Holistic Health. He descibes an asana as involving a process to obtain balance between movement and resistance, evenly distributing weight between muscles, bones, and joints with awareness and intelligence.
Yoga assists a person in developing the skills that are necessary to be able to be a creator one's own life, empowering the self out of the restraints of passivity. It aids in the transformation of doubt and fear into confidence and assertiveness. Peace within creates peace without and radiates outward from the individual to family, society, and world.
1. http://www.bksiyengar.com/modules/Guruji/guru.htm2. B.K.S. Iyengar, Yoga, the Path to Holistic Health. Dorling Kindersley: Great Britain, 2001. p 17.3. Ibid, 17, 43.4. Ibid, 19.5. Ibid, 25.