Sparks of Divinity is a collection of the teachings of yoga master B. K. S. Iyengar first published in a French-English bilingual edition in 1976. The material for this book was gathered and compiled by No lle Perez-Christiaens from class notes and correspondence during the formative years of Iyengar s international career. The entries cover the period from the late 1950s, when Iyengar was invited by Yehudi Menuin to teach in Gstaad, Switzerland, to the year following the death of Iyengar s wife and the opening of the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute in Pune, India. When No lle first studied with Iyengar in Pune in 1959, Iyengar was still teaching his pupils one-on-one at his home. During her stay in India, No lle was regarded virtually as one of the household, and this intimacy continued in their subsequent letters, where Iyengar wrote to her more as a colleague and friend than as a teacher. We are fortunate to include No lle s Indian Journal for 1959 and her Early Life of B. K. S. Iyengar
