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-Sri K Pattabhi Jois
- ASHTANGA YOGA
Ashtanga means "eight limbs" in Sanskrit, which refers to the eight limbs of yoga from the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.
Ashtanga Yoga Guru Sri K Pattabhi Jois began his studies with Krishnamacharaya in 1927 at the age of 12 in Mysore, South India.
By 1948 he had established an institute for teaching the specific yoga practice known as Ashtanga Yoga.
Ashtanga yoga is the Eight Limbs Path of yoga.
These limbs can take very long to learn and must be respected as a whole of the Ashtanga system.
This method of yoga is the same system that has been kept alive for thousands of years as it passes from one generation to the next. All yogis are a part of this living tradition which connects us to an ancient lineage.
There are some elements of Ashtanga yoga that exist within an unseen world. Without these elements the yoga can become nothing more then an outward expression of physical movement. When these internal tools are brought to the practice there is a deeper understanding of yoga that happens within us.
These tools are know as :
"Ujjayi breathing" "Bandhas" "Vinyasa" and "Drishti"
This method of yoga is the same system that has been kept alive for thousands of years as it passes from one generation to the next. All yogis are a part of this living tradition which connects us to an ancient lineage.
There are some elements of Ashtanga yoga that exist within an unseen world. Without these elements the yoga can become nothing more then an outward expression of physical movement. When these internal tools are brought to the practice there is a deeper understanding of yoga that happens within us.
These tools are know as :
"Ujjayi breathing" "Bandhas" "Vinyasa" and "Drishti"
