okrgr1...you raise good points

[Guest guest]

but they are wrong. <br><br>May I suggest that

you obtain the 1937 video of Krishnamamacharya and

Iyengar practicing yoga. Actually it was intermediate and

advanced postures from the ashtanga yoga system.<br><br>If

you were lucky enough to have seen Sharath's

demonstration at the Puck builing, you will note that Sharath

practice in many ways is identical to the that of the

masters featured practicing some 60 odd years ago.

(Iyengar was an Ashtanga master--but that is another

story)<br><br>You do correctly note that there is not the obsession

with alignment (that does come naturally with

practice) However, do not mistake the focus on bhandas,

breath and mental focus for sloppiness or lack of

rigor.<br><br>This is the opinion of ESPW

[Guest guest]

Have you actually seen the tape?<br><br>Yes

Iyengar's demo is far more Ashtanga like than what he

teaches now, but he does postures in completely different

sequencing than we do and he also does postures that we

don't have in Ashtanga.<br><br>90% of the postures

Krishanmacharya does in the video, we are not taught in Ashtanga.