Describing him as "alive, vibrant and perceptive" at 90, an interview with B. K. S. Iyengar and photos of his practice highlights the Fall 2009 issue of Parabola magazine. Guruji tells writer Annie Schliffer, "I am a person who does what he says, even at my age. And I continue to practice because yoga has helped me. Explicitly I teach the entire philosophy, but in the presentation of each asana and breath I do not speak publicly of what spiritual life is. Spiritual life begins only when you attempt to internalize completely …

"I practice what I speak. My life is open to each and every one to see. I am pure inside and pure outside. Whether I am nine or ninety doesn't matter to me. Life has a flow from birth to death. And that flow should not be interrupted. And that's why I practice."