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from the dristhi yoga newsletter in my mailbox today
Yoga News
Meeting of the Minds: B.K.S. Iyengar & Sri K. Pattabhi Jois
B.K.S. Iyengar and Sri K. Pattabhi Jois spent an afternoon together in Mysore, India, on Tuesday, July 26. Iyengar and Jois are unquestionably two of the most legendary living yoga figures in the world, representing the two most influential - and quite differing - methods of Hatha Yoga in practice today. Iyengar traveled roughly 500 miles from his home in Pune, India to honor Jois' monumental 90th birthday, which fell on July 21st of this year. Over 1,000 of Jois' yoga students, friends, and family gathered to celebrate his birthday. Iyengar was unable to attend these festivities, and instead visited with Jois one-on-one a few days after the excitement had died down.
This visit is noteworthy for many students of Hatha Yoga. Iyengar and Jois are each associated with the method of yoga they teach: Iyengar Yoga and Ashtanga Yoga, respectively. Despite the fact that both yoga figures learned their practices from the same teacher, Sri T. Krishnamacharya, their respective styles of yoga differ in significant ways. They are not generally viewed as close colleagues who visit and confer with one another on a regular basis. However, Iyengar's display of respect toward Jois in this birthday visit demonstrates a camaraderie that exists between the two yoga masters and, therefore, between the two yoga methods.
Iyengar and Jois reportedly reminisced about their teacher Krishnamacharya, noted the ways in which the practice of yoga has changed over the past several decades, and expressed dismay at the fact that too many inexperienced people profess to be yoga teachers today.
Sri K. Pattabhi Jois (left) with B.K.S. Iyengar
July 26, 2005
****! i cant attach the picture - it is a classic!
Edited by easternsun 2005-08-17 8:07 PM
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Gedhun Choekyi Nyima - the world's youngest political prisoner
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http://www.yoga.com/forums/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=19592&posts=2
(geschrieben von easternsun)
from the dristhi yoga newsletter in my mailbox today
Yoga News
Meeting of the Minds: B.K.S. Iyengar & Sri K. Pattabhi Jois
B.K.S. Iyengar and Sri K. Pattabhi Jois spent an afternoon together in Mysore, India, on Tuesday, July 26. Iyengar and Jois are unquestionably two of the most legendary living yoga figures in the world, representing the two most influential - and quite differing - methods of Hatha Yoga in practice today. Iyengar traveled roughly 500 miles from his home in Pune, India to honor Jois' monumental 90th birthday, which fell on July 21st of this year. Over 1,000 of Jois' yoga students, friends, and family gathered to celebrate his birthday. Iyengar was unable to attend these festivities, and instead visited with Jois one-on-one a few days after the excitement had died down.
This visit is noteworthy for many students of Hatha Yoga. Iyengar and Jois are each associated with the method of yoga they teach: Iyengar Yoga and Ashtanga Yoga, respectively. Despite the fact that both yoga figures learned their practices from the same teacher, Sri T. Krishnamacharya, their respective styles of yoga differ in significant ways. They are not generally viewed as close colleagues who visit and confer with one another on a regular basis. However, Iyengar's display of respect toward Jois in this birthday visit demonstrates a camaraderie that exists between the two yoga masters and, therefore, between the two yoga methods.
Iyengar and Jois reportedly reminisced about their teacher Krishnamacharya, noted the ways in which the practice of yoga has changed over the past several decades, and expressed dismay at the fact that too many inexperienced people profess to be yoga teachers today.
Sri K. Pattabhi Jois (left) with B.K.S. Iyengar
July 26, 2005
****! i cant attach the picture - it is a classic!
Edited by easternsun 2005-08-17 8:07 PM
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Gedhun Choekyi Nyima - the world's youngest political prisoner
http://www.panchenlama.info/
http://www.yoga.com/forums/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=19592&posts=2