The book doesn’t cover shatkarma (cleansing practices) or mudra (sealing postures) in any depth. Light on Yoga also has an introduction to the eight limbs of yoga (of which asana and pranayama are but two.) There are also helpful appendices like a glossary, a 300-week course outline, and a list of courses for various ailments.
It covers all the basic asana (postures), pranayama (breathing), bandha (locks), and a large number of variations and advanced asana. This book is a solid reference for Hatha Yoga. In fact, he was capable of all manner of what can best be described as contortionism. Iyengar–at least the Iyengar of the 1960’s–didn’t need props to achieve proper alignment. You won’t learn about props in this book. Krishnamacharya, and is celebrated for developing a system using props (belts, blocks, chairs, bolsters, etc.) to achieve correct alignment in yogasanas. Iyengar is one of several noted students of T.T. Light on Yoga is the work of world-renowned yogi BKS Iyengar. This will be fairly short and to the point as the APMB review provided a great deal of detail. I recently reviewed the book Asana Pranayama Mudra Bandha and used this book as a point of comparison, and so further insight into my thoughts on this book can gleaned from that review.
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