Guest guest Posted August 28, 2000 Report Share Posted August 28, 2000 Met a man who has been to Poona to study with BKS Iyengar in 1971. He told that at that time Mr. Iyengar was teaching astanga yoga: Counting the vinyasas, moving in and out of the asanas following the breath, hands on adjustments, individual introduction to new asanas, no props a.s.o.<br><br>When my friend came back in 1973, Iyengar had started changing his way of teaching, especially, because he was now accepting large numbers of students to his classes. Individual guidance and hands on adjustments no longer possible, Mr. Iyengar was now developing his own way of teaching yoga mainly through verbal input and (over time) props.<br><br>Hearing this I am even more grateful to Guruji. He has spend his life to preserve the traditional teaching method of his teacher, having had to teach many, many hours a day in his small yoga shala instead of compromising with the tradition to save work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 28, 2000 Report Share Posted August 28, 2000 Very interesting. I wonder why he doesn't mention any of this in Light on Yoga? There's no mention of anything similar to the ashtanga system in this book (that I can find), not even the term "vinyasa". I'm not trying to dispute your friend's claim, I'm just curious...<br>I wonder what each of Krishnamacharya's main students, KPJois, Iyengar and Desikachar, think of each other's respective systems of yoga? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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