Simplicity follows, is a very precious quality. To meet someone who knows so much and yet is so modest. His simplicity is one of the exceptional characteristics of his Is One feels attracted to him-to be with him is a Underline the importance of Sri Desikachars Teacher, and it is with great pleasure that I write these few words to I am grateful to have the opportunity to write about Sri Desikachar, an exceptional yoga

Desikachar currently teaches at the school founded in hisįather's memory in Madras as well as in Europe the United States, Australia and Once of the world's foremost teachers of yoga. Yoga instruction for people of from all walks of life and with all kinds abilities: among his students was the renownedĬontinued to live and study with his father until Krishnamacharya's death in 1959. Since the 1960s he has devoted himself to Desikachar holds aĭegree in structural engineering. The text are more than ninety photos-many never before published-of Krishnamacharva and his family and students that provide anĮxtraordinary glimpse into authentic yoga practice. World the path to what Patanjali called kairalya. Milestone in the transmission of yoga from the ancient masters to the modern Techniques with a profound exposition of the roots of yoga philoso phy, this book is sure to be a Combining a clear logical presentation of practical yoga

Sutra-including the Sanskrit-with a translation and commentary by Desikachar that includes insights and tradition passed to Three of The Heart of Yoga includes the complete text of the The yoga student may develop a practice tailored to his or her current state of Desikacharĭiscusses all the elements of yoga-poses and counterposes, consciousīreathing, meditation. Practice according to the age-old principles of yoga. Yoga text that outlines a step-by-step sequence for developing a complete Spine at every level-s-physical, mental, and spiritual.' This is the first Practical approach, which he describes as 'basically a program for the Offers a distillation of his father's system as well as the essence of his own This is viniyoga=yoga adapted to the needs of the Individual's changing needs in order to achieve the maximum therapeutic value. Desikachar has based his method on Krishnamacharya'sįundamental principle: the practices must be continually adapted to the Lived and studied with his father all his life and now teaches the full Studied with Krishnamacharya in their early years. Iyengar, Pattabhi Jois, and Indra Devi, who all Teaching have become well known around the world through the work of B. One of the greatest yogis of the modern era. Sri Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, who lived to be over 100 years old, was

The Heart of Yoga by T.K.V. Desikachar