B.K.S. Iyengar
1918–2014
“Light on Yoga — alignment as the embodied form of intelligence.”
The four dimensions in the 16-axis model where this thinker scores highest. People in this archetype tend to lean the same way.
- ESEmbodied Sensibility9 / 10
- VAVital Affirmation8 / 10
- CECommunal Embeddedness7 / 10
- POPractical Orientation7 / 10
The six thinkers whose 16-dimensional positions sit closest to this one. Useful as next-reading suggestions.
- Philippe DescolaHEARTH
Beyond Nature and Culture — four ontologies organizing how peoples live.
- Linda Tuhiwai SmithHEARTH
Decolonizing Methodologies — research from the position of the researched.
- Eduardo Viveiros de CastroHEARTH
Amerindian perspectivism — bodies vary, points of view multiply.
- Eduardo KohnHEARTH
How Forests Think — semiosis beyond the human in the forest's logic.
- Krishna Chandra BhattacharyaCARTOGRAPHER
The subject as freedom — Indian Kantian phenomenology.
- Edith SteinKEEL
Phenomenology of empathy; Carmelite nun killed at Auschwitz.
Short exercises in the same tradition as B.K.S. Iyengar's thought. Each takes 5–25 minutes.
Three doors lead onward.
- 01 · QUIZThe InheritorFind your archetype — discover whether you'd argue with B.K.S. Iyengar or alongside them.CONTINUE ▶
- 02 · COMPAREB.K.S. Iyengar vs Philippe DescolaOn Mull's map Philippe Descola sits closest. See where they agree and where they part.CONTINUE ▶
- 03 · DAILYToday's SparOne philosopher, one topic, five minutes. A new one drops every day.CONTINUE ▶