Today we discussed another style of Yoga, the one taught by T.K.V. Desikachar and his son, Kausthub. Desikachar is the son of the great yoga teacher Krishnamacharya.

Desikachar himself is very opposed to the western idea of yoga “styles”. In his opinion, Yoga is Yoga, regardless of who your teacher is and how you practice. I agree, but as we are living in a western society that loves to compartmentalise and label everything (just think of designer labels!) I have tried to clarify what to expect from each “style”.

I hope I have given each style a fair description and I also hope that I have made it clear that all styles have unique benefits and serve people during different times in their lives.

Here is a link if you want to delve deeper into the subject:

http://www.ascentmagazine.com/articles.aspx?articleID=143&issueID=25

Patthabi Jois, Mr. Iyengar and T.K.V. Desikachar are the most well-known students of Krishnamacharya. There were more, and I will explain their teachings in a future radio show.

Mark Whitwell from New Zealand is a long time student of Desikachar’s style of yoga, I met him in 1995 when Desikachar visited Australia. He has posted lots of videos on youTube but here is one that is a bit different, I like the artwork in it, so I put it here for you:

Till next time
Connie and Charly
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