K. P. Jois Q&A

[Guest guest]

I am interested in doing a Q&A with K. P. Jois

for my Ashtanga Review in GO INSIDE

Magazine.<br><br>Ideally I would email 10 questions and his 10 answers

would be emailed back to me. I would then publish the

questions and answers in an unedited form with

consideration for a follow up question or two.<br><br>Anyone

here have any ideas how to make that so?<br><br>I

pinged Betty Lai to see if she could help since she runs

this fort and ASHTANGA.COM and she basically told me

to go to India to see if he'd see me. <br><br>I hope

Betty doesn't have to go to India to discuss changes

with K. P. Jois every time she wants to update the

ASHTANGA.COM website! (SMILE!)<br><br>Since a trip to India

for answers to ten questions is not in my travel

budget, does anyone have any thoughts or ideas how I

could make this happen or is K. P. Jois simply

unreachable and untouchable via phone or email in this modern

age?<br><br>I thank you.<br><br>db

[Guest guest]

Chalkmine, <br>Why would Guruji even bother to

reply to your questions when they are not broached

personally? If you are in the least bit sincere about writing

an accurate article on Ashtanga, your research

should first start from a dedicated, long-term practice.

You will also do whatever it takes to go to mysore

and stay for at least 3 months. Don't whine about a

lack of funds. Just do it. Without sincerity in your

desire to learn and practice Ashtanga as taught by

Guruji, your article will be shamefully lacking in

integrity and credibility.

[Guest guest]

Honestly she is right, you should go to India.

I'ts the only way to get any idea what this is all

about. Books , videos ,message boards even talking with

teachers won't convey that experience. The e-mail idea is

not going to happen, but he often agrees to talk to

people who go to Mysore and ask. Please remember he is a

venerable man, an old style yogi from another generation

and not at all concerned with web sites and the so

called modern age. Why should he be?

[Guest guest]

Finally someone with some good advise for Chalky.

If you truly want to research this the only way to

go would be to the sources, not videos and books.

There are all kinds athletic club versions of yoga out

there, if you experience them you will know without

question why one follows the traditional ashtanga yoga. As

stated in an earlier post ashtanga yoga is still called

that and not Jois yoga. I'm glad to hear Sharath was

also brought up by someone, who better to follow in

guruji's footsteps.

[Guest guest]

Chalkmine, as a long-time student of Guruji's and

a devoted practitioner of Ashtanga, I would like to

join those that have said that there is no way you can

write an article about ashtanga without going there

yourself.<br><br>There are no shortcuts to gaining an

understanding.<br><br>Some years ago, there was an article written in

Details magazine---quite a good one---by a journalist who

spent 3 months in Mysore studying. Why don't you track

that one down.<br><br>All the best,<br><br>El Senor

Pinche Wey