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We just got the word about the death of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois at the age of 94. Jois founded Ashtanga yoga, and was a major force in bringing yoga to the West. His teacher, Sri Tirumalai Krishnamacharya transmitted an ancient lineage of yoga teachings through Jois.
This is no doubt a sad day for Guruji’s many devoted students throughout the world. Here is the smallest sampling of his vast, loving widom:
“Do your practice and all is coming.”
“If we practice the science of yoga, which is useful to the entire human community and which yields happiness both here and hereafter – if we practice it without fail, we will then attain physical, mental, and spiritual happiness, and our minds will flood towards the Self.”
(To keep up to date, here is the Twitter feed of people talking about the death of Pattabhi Jois.)
Have you ever studied Ashtanga yoga?
[Image via: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sri-K-Pattabhi-Jois/32384907177]
posted May 18, 2009 at 12:55 pm
rip guruji
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posted May 18, 2009 at 2:34 pm
He will be missed. My GF practices and teaches. We will keep him in our meditations.
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posted May 19, 2009 at 5:40 pm
Namaste Guruji. See you on the other side.
posted May 19, 2009 at 11:18 pm
LET US ALL GIVE OUR THANKS TO THE MAN OF YOGA,SRI K.PATTHABI JOIS.
HE FINALLY CAME TO REST FROM TEACHING YOGA,THANK YOU GURUJI.
posted May 20, 2009 at 1:10 am
Blessings to this great man. We need more like him.
posted May 20, 2009 at 8:55 pm
though we will miss your physical presence, you will live on, Guruji, in the hearts and minds of your students. namaste, om shanti shanti.
posted June 23, 2009 at 6:31 am
Valeri did you really check facts first???
Ashtanga Yoga’s Founder ? where did you get this info if your posting things check facts first have you ever read patanjalis 8 limbs of yoga (ashtanga)? i guess not.
Pattabhi jois certified teacher by pattabhi in sweden dont teach pranayama adn meditation after asanas they do ujjayi aware breath during the asanas and dead corpse pose shavasana after the asanas for 5 minutes and meditation can only be done in sitting posture.
If you read upanishad the old scriptures also just check what the 8 limbs means i read an interview with pattabhi and he doesnt teach pranayama cause its dangerous *sigh* well read for you self and you will se that this pattabhi jois doesnt really teach traditional yoga , its just westernadjusted for his own pocket sake.
8 limbs of yoga includes pranayama which in the scriptures is essential (ujjayi breathing during asanas cannot be called pranayama) as pranayama is suppose to collect energy the prana = life force and how can you collect when you exert yourself.
meditation is the most essential for self-realization where is meditation in his teaching ( in sweden none of his certified teacher gives meditation)
Read sadhana by swami sivananda
yoga darshan – bihar (based on upanishad)
after theese 2 books you will come to know that pattabhi is nothing but aerobics and not yoga. sorry to break your hearts – truth can hurt sometimes but dont live in ignorance
posted June 27, 2009 at 7:05 pm
As a fitness professional, i have to say that i will miss you and many others will say the same!
posted July 6, 2009 at 2:02 pm
Daniel, while your knowledge may be very vast, your compassion does not seem very yoga like. Be kind grasshopper. Open to grace.
posted July 7, 2009 at 11:31 am
KAREN:
im just here to inform lost souls. not to hurt the people who think its real yoga. Im sorry if i hurt your kind of yoga. people must wake up from this illusion of yoga,…
posted July 7, 2009 at 11:36 am
Karen if i am yoga compassion which means not to hurt others ,,, i mean not to inform them will hurt more if they waste a lifetime to this kind of yoga. it is said by all the great enlightened one that you must gain spirituality in this lifetime , that what you gain in this lifetime you will take with you to the next life. so if i sound harsh its not my meaning. if i can help some people to understand this but hurt 50 its still worth it. and if you get hurt means you are not spiritual at all.
So im doing this to help people. dont take it the other way around.
posted October 2, 2009 at 4:19 pm
Daniel is a dick!
posted May 23, 2010 at 2:10 pm
I agree Daniel. Sri Pattabhi Jois’s style of yoga is not Ashtanga, it is “Patthabi Jois’s” style of Asana, or Hatha Yoga. To call it Ashtanga is to insult Patanjali.
However, I can appreciate Pattabhi Jois… and all that he has done for the broadening of yoga awareness.
posted November 10, 2010 at 2:21 pm
Sad. It is STILL sad, over a year later. Great man, Great compassion, Great knowledge.
practice Ashtanga. Do it full heartedly and with passion and love. do it strong yet softly, with intensity and care. Groom your body and mind, let yor spirit grow free and wild, calm and subtle, and HAPPY with the practice.
Live the name of Sri K. Pattabhi joice, and remember to say thanks.
Namaste
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