The book is a bit pricey at US$175, but if you do happen to get it (see here) I am sure it would be a feast to look at, so if you do, please let me invite you for tea so we can look at it together.
He says "I don't think that we can save yoga, I think that yoga will save us" in the context of an interview in the latest Namarupa magazine (published by Eddie Stern and Robert Moses), and as part of a response to the question "Is there anything else that you want to add... in terms of the future of yoga and its enduring growth" by Rachel Stark.
On another question on how to bring the traditional student/teacher relationship back to our time and age, he suggest patience and for teachers to be good examples.
What surprised me the most was how he talks about the book. Born in Chennai in 75 he had the rear privilege of growing up, mingling and forging "intimate relationships" with all of these masters of yoga. He believes that having a book with just photos will somehow transmit to us or give us something, believes that our own projections when looking into the family album type of photographs might trigger a spark of understanding.
I want to look at it, the photos in the interview are stunning, for example there is one of Iyengar relaxing in his living room or one of Krishnamacharya at a picnic with his wife circa 1965, you can see them if you click on the "preview" for the Namarupa magazine.
Curious about him I got to his website.
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Gee, isn't that Mr. Iyengar on the cover? It's really interesting how he still has that intense look after all these years :-)
ReplyDeleteI don't think you want to invite me for tea even if I get the book... it's going to be pretty expensive flying me in all the way from the midwest :-)
Ha ha ha that is funny, but Nobel I saw your kapotasana, you are pretty advanced don't you already have the power of tele transportation? Or is that a third series thing? And yes Iyengar always looks that intense.... True
ReplyDeleteHmm... it seems that Mr. Iyengar only has two looks: (1) the Broad Radiant Smile (like the one you see on the cover of Light on Life), and (2) the Intense Look. Okay, I need to stop gossiping about people (remember ahimsa...)
ReplyDeleteOfficially, I think teleportation is a siddhi/boon that is granted to you by the grace of Shiva; there's no pose or practice you can do to "get" it. Have you read Autobiography of a Yogi? If I remember correctly, I think there's someone in that book who has this siddhi.
p.s. It's a slow day in the blogosphere, isn't it?
Hi Nobel, yes, guess it is a slow day... I dont remember that part of Autobiography of a Yogi, I think it is time to read it again... but yeah, there are definitely some powers there
ReplyDeleteThis book looks amazing. I bought his book The Yoga of the Yogi, which was also a splurge (but not this much of a splurge!) while trying to get my hands on everything I could find about Krishnamacharya. It is a wonderful book and also has many amazing old pictures. It is so cool to read about Krishnamacharya (and his students) from the perspective of a family member. The book was worth it.
ReplyDeleteHi Kristen that is interesting I did not know there was yet another book!, good to know it was worth it, I might save up for this one then...
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