After graduating high school in 1961, she began substituting for her father when he was away on international teaching tours.

Iyengar adapted her father's method of yoga to the specific requirements of women.

[5] Specific asanas, pranayama and sequences are given for different stages in a woman's life including menstruation, pregnancy, postpartum, and menopause.

She was a well-known figure in yoga around the world, in North America,[7][8][9] Australia,[10] South Africa,[11] and Europe.

She had said that she would not depart this earth until she had completed her father's 100th birth anniversary celebration.