Biography

Mira Mehta has practised Yoga since childhood with BKS Iyengar. She has a Masters degree in Classical Indian Religion and Sanskrit from Oxford and pursued postgraduate studies of Yoga texts with Professor KS Arjunwadkar. She also has a Diploma in Basic Ayurveda. She holds an Advanced Yoga Teaching Certificate from BKS Iyengar. Mira began teaching at a young age and is known as a leading expert on Yoga with a rounded proficiency in philosophy, postures, Yoga therapy and teacher training. She has also taught extensively abroad. She founded The Yogic Path in 1999. She is the author of four books on Yoga, all published in many languages: Yoga: the Iyengar Way (with Silva Mehta & Shyam Mehta); How to Use Yoga; Health through Yoga; and Yoga Explained (with KS Arjunwadkar). She has also written a poetry collection, Cascade of Stars and runs study groups on poetics. Mira and her brother, Shyam, were featured in 1999 on Government of India stamps commemorating Yoga. Mira was listed in The Best of British Women 1993 for work in the field of alternative health.

Samples

Yoga: The Iyengar Way Mira Mehta, Yoga: The Iyengar Way (Dorling Kindersley 1990) This influential classic textbook has sold nearly half a million copies worldwide. It remains an essential guide to Yoga practice, featuring over 100 postures illustrated by clear step-by-step photographs and graded according to ability.

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Blog entries by Mira Mehta

(The Human Being) (03/03/2014)

(The Human Being) (03/03/2014)

DANCE DIVINE (21/02/2014)

OH, MOTHER! (21/02/2014)

Lovers of Poetry (21/02/2014)

Lovers of Poetry (21/02/2014)

Blog link: https://www.writeoutloud.net/blogs/miramehta