BKS Iyengar 1938 - See Appendix 3. for the 1938 film footage Now this is curious. I was just watching the documentary Leap of Faith , on BKS Iyengar (see below) and twelve minutes in in I came across this.... "In 1935 having cleared the Primary, Elementary and Advanced diploma course…

from my book Krishnamacharya's Original Ashtanga,  Print version available from Lulu  HERE from Krishnamacharya's Yogasanagalau (Mysore 1941 "Yogasanas must be only practiced with vinyasas and never without it. Vinyasas from 1 to 7 are equal in all asanas. Vinyasas create mov…

Krishnamacharya gets quite specific with regard to the breath in Yogasanagalu (Mysore 1941). " In pranayama practice (yogangabhyasis), inhalation and exhalation motion is performed using both nostrils, trachea, tip of the tongue, between two lips and in between two rows of teeth. Nor…

Perhaps some quick posts with some lines that have caught my eye in rereading Krishnamacharya's Yogasanagalu (Mysore  1941), finally translated into English. First up, a tantalising Bibliography, Yogakurunti mentioned four books down. An enjoyable speculative write up on the Yoga Kor…