A form of Hatha Yoga in which there is a focus on the structural alignment of the physical body through the development of asanas. It aims to unite the body, mind and spirit for health and well-being.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Iyengar Yoga
Iyengar Yoga Institute of South London opened on the 76th birthday of our bel...
Cricketer. Born Yorkshire. Played as an opening batsman for Yorkshire 1934-55, and for England in 79 Test matches 1937 -55. Set a record in 1938 for the highest individual innings in a Test match, ...
Holder of land and water speed records. Born Chislehurst, Kent. He broke the land speed record for the first time in 1924 and went on to break it a further nine times (five at Daytona Beach, Florid...
Greyhound. Born in Killeigh, Ireland. In a career of only three years, he won 61 races, (nineteen of them in a row), including two English Greyhound Derbys. His winning streak ended after suffering...
The club was founded from the combination of a number of youth clubs in south-east London. Their nickname is the 'Addicks' which is supposedly derived from 'haddocks'. One of the explanations of t...
Weightlifter. Born in either Prokopyevsk, Russia or Poland, he moved to Israel in 1960. He began his career as a gymnast, but switched direction and won a bronze medal at the 1971 Asian Weightlifti...
Person, Sport / Games, Tragedy, Germany, Israel/Palestine, Poland, Russia
The white stone below the plaque is inscribed 'Hereford Buildings 1878'.
{On the plinth - front:} The great detective. {On the plinth - left:} This statue, commissioned by the Sherlock Holmes Society of Lond...
Author and Shakespearian scholar. Born in Enfield, at the school run by his father, Reverend John Clarke. John Keats was a pupil at the school for about 7 years (1803-10). Charles taught him and e...
The Criterion Restaurant is on the ground floor with the entrance at the left of our photo. The meeting at the Criterion took place on N...
The inscription is badly deteriorated, so we have copied the inscription from the Historic England website.
