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There are moments in the lives of those of us who seek truth and beauty that leave us forever changed. For yoga enthusiasts, one such moment was the recent Yoga Journal conference in Estes Park, CO. in September 2005 where BKS Iyengar began hi

According to USFDA, a combination product is one composed of any combination of a drug and device; biological product and device; drug and biological product

s teaching and U.S. tour for his new book Light on Life.

As a yoga student, I was first introduced to the Iyengar method in 1977. The intelligence behind the practice gave me support, stability and freedom from nagging back and shoulder pain.

; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug.

Examples of combination products may in

BKS Iyengar was a student of Sri Krishnamacharya, the man who revived the teachings of Astanga Yoga in the 21st century. The Astanga yoga path has at its base the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, the guiding principles on the path of yoga, or Union.

lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together.

Mr. Iyengar shares this lineage with other notable teachers such as Patahbi Jois, T.K. Desikachar and Indra Devi. BKS Iyengar’s outstanding contribution is how he has codified and refined the practice of Asana (poses) and Pranayama (breath co

here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe

trol) to reflect in action, the whole of the Yoga Sutras. Mr. Iyengar’s methods have been recognized the world over. In 2004 the Indian government crowned him the Emperor of Yoga, a prestigious education award, and the BBC has hailed him as “t

d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.

Combination pro

he Michelangelo of yoga”.

At Estes Park in September 2005, 800 of us stood on our mats inside a perfectly designed rectangle to define our personal space. We waited patiently chanting the Yoga Sutras and reviewing our Sanskrit on the overhead

ucts have become life saving products for the pharmaceutical companies who doesn’t have many innovative molecules in their product pipeline and have been inc

projectors. Then like a single organism, we were drawn to the stage anticipating the appearance of BKS Iyengar. The applause began the moment his face appeared and continued seemingly forever until every cell of our bodies were filled with gra

easingly used in the product life cycle management. Even the companies having product patents are trying to extend their product life cycle through the combi

titude for this great man and his life’s work. And then class began. Each senior teacher took turns teaching a yoga pose to the crowd and, after giving their best instruction, the master would speak: “Observe your mind…what is its state? Now (

nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically

n tadasana), bring the inner skin of the big toe mound down onto the floor. Observe, did your mind become quiet? Peaceful? Yes or no?” Invariably, the answer would be “yes.” And so it went, pose after pose, pearls of awareness that expanded a

and physically. They need to rightly judge the benefits of the combination products and they have to even look at the risks involved when combining the produ

nd tied together our consciousness into a seamless strand of action, peace and poise.

This was not my first experience being a student in his presence. I met Mr. Iyengar in San Francisco in 1984 at the 1st International Iyengar Yoga Conventio

ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi

, made a trip to India, and attended two other conventions where he taught before seeing him this year in Estes Park. Each time I have been impressed with his forthright honesty and instinctive knowledge and skill. I have watched him time and

ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it.

Following aspects would a

again adjust people in poses, add a prop, give weight and resistance, or take the resistance away, always with the end result of restoring them to balance and lightness of being, beyond their pain and suffering. Yes, he was always a passionate

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod

and demanding teacher, but not in any ordinary way, only 100%. This year I saw a mellow man of 87 years, easy to smile and make a joke. Yet still absolutely clear about what was important, the integration and inner freedom that was possible fo

cts are meaningful and rational?
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin

r every human being through the mindful practice of yoga. He wants us to see what he sees and know the importance of every nuance on the path to freedom. As his students he calls us to study long, observe carefully and learn to be fully human

tions increase the patient compliance?
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen

o that we might serve others in the highest sense.

Having myself studied and performed the basic yoga poses thousands of times over the past 25 years, I still scurried between poses to cryptically jot down each renewed or deeper insight, refu

t?

As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel

sing complacency and thirsting for the larger vision of yoga, for the truth of being. I have never been disappointed by Mr. Iyengar, but rather awed by his simple yet profound teachings, his keen observations, and his deep sense of compassion

ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality.

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

nd wisdom. I am still puzzling over his comment that we either breathe and draw oxygen from our brain or breathe and draw oxygen from our lungs.

Mr. Iyengar is no doubt a living master who has reached out and touched so many, often giving the

y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products

m back their lives after illnesses and injury. For those of us who have seen him in action he has awakened in us a deep sense of compassion and a desire to learn. Those yoga students who had the great good fortune to be in Estes Park with Mr.

.

As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de

yengar have had a glimpse of the light, the wisdom, the truth, and the vast possibilities yoga has to offer. To quote the master himself, “The Light of yoga, which once lit will never dim, the better your practice, the brighter the flame.”

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elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

fter studying and teaching for 25 years and assisting thousands of people in finding pain relief through yoga… I am grateful and humbled as I return again to my mat to investigate the polarity of nature and soul, to study, to learn and to grow

tion in industry events and feedback to regulatory authorities would be able to face the challenges and will be successful in developing combination products

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