The "FOCAL POINT"

Today I had read about BKS Iyengar and the way he rose to fame by familiarizing Yoga to the West. In that article, I found an interesting fact. He had to run from pillar to post to make a living out of his yoga expertise in the early days. The awareness regarding Yoga and its innumerable health benefits are not known to people during 50's and 60's.  During his stint as a Yoga teacher, he was so dedicated to his profession that he constantly experimented with his body to find out how anatomy of the human body works. Without any formal education in medicine or physiology, he taught himself the art of curing people having muscular pains through Yoga.

It's his dedication to his profession that made him explore the benefits of Yoga till his death. He knows only one thing. Helping people lead a healthy life through Yoga. And he mastered in that better than anyone else in the world; traversed deep into the subject that none had gone and kept trying out new things in Yoga through his body. During this journey to the uncharted territories of Yoga, he got the skill to precisely suggest his patients what to do. He often dared his patients to do what renowned doctors advice otherwise. Without any pills, he cured life threatening pains of many people who came to him.Few of them include Rajiv Bajaj, MD of Bajaj Auto, Zaheer Khan, VVS Laxman.

The fact that he has thousands of followers all around the world , that he got multiple Yoga Practicing Centres establised in 20+ countries , resonate his way of “Focused” life. People known to him and mostly those unknown to him but who became Yoga practitioners through his centres in various parts of the world poured condolences when he passed away. There are many Yoga teachers, Yoga instructors before his time and even latter. But the way he treated his profession by focusing all his energies in one direction ,is all what made the difference. Others, including most of us, treat our job as a mundane activity to earn a living. We have energy on par with him, no doubt.But , we are not sure where exactly we need to invest in.We are making progress , for sure ,but in million directions . Henceforth , results are not in the way we aspire

With a single point agenda, he conquered the whole world. His story teaches us - what all can be achieved if we have Focus in our lives.
                               We just need to figure out that "Focal Point".