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Welcome back to On the Light. I’m your host, Susan Johnson. Today I’m honored as always to speak with Prashant Iyengar.

In this episode, Prashant offers a rich historical lens on yoga, he further discusses the origins of Sangeet, where he speaks to sound not as performance, but as a spiritual practice deeply woven into nature, ritual, and self realization.

In this episode he also shares some family history, including a very special story of the time he went to visit the Krishna temple with Guruji and his mother.

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Welcome back to On the Light. I’m your host, Susan Johnson.Today I’m honored to be joined by Lois Steinberg.

Lois’s journey into Yoga began at just fourteen years old, sparked by a black-and-white television screen and a young girl’s curiosity about movement. What followed was a lifelong devotion to practice, study, and teaching that would place her heart devoted in the Iyengar tradition.

Lois spent extended, immersive periods at the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute in Pune, studying closely with B.K.S. Iyengar, Geetaji, and Prashant Iyengar over decades. Her path was rigorous, demanding, and transformative—shaped by discipline, deep inquiry, and profound personal experience.

Known worldwide for her work in yoga therapeutics and women’s health, Lois has played a pivotal role in transmitting these teachings with clarity, integrity, and compassion. She brings not only extraordinary technical knowledge, but a living memory of the teachings as they were embodied, tested, and refined at their source.

In this conversation, Lois shares candid stories from her early years of practice, her time in Pune, and the lessons—sometimes fierce, sometimes tender—that continue to inform her teaching today. This is a rare and deeply human glimpse into the lineage, the learning, and the lived experience of Iyengar Yoga.

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Welcome back to On the Light. I’m your host, Susan Johnson.

In today’s episode, Prashantji continues to explain the spiritual heart of Indian classical music, or sangeet, and its profound relationship to yoga and devotion.

Prashantji draws important distinctions between Indian classical music and Western music, emphasizing that sangeet was never meant to be mere performance or entertainment, but a sacred practice rooted in eternal culture and devotion to the divine.

Please enjoy this rich and contemplative episode of On the Light.

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Thank you for listening.
Namaskar.

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