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Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, Ashtanga Yoga's Founder, RIP
Monday May 18, 2009
Categories: By Valerie Reiss, Yoga
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...
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He will be missed. My GF practices and teaches. We will keep him in our meditations.
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Namaste Guruji. See you on the other side.
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.
Blessings to this great man. We need more like him.
though we will miss your physical presence, you will live on, Guruji, in the hearts and minds of your students. namaste, om shanti shanti.
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
As a fitness professional, i have to say that i will miss you and many others will say the same!
Daniel, while your knowledge may be very vast, your compassion does not seem very yoga like. Be kind grasshopper. Open to grace.
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,...
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.
Daniel is a dick!
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