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It's also worth mentioning that Doug Swenson

sustained a major injury as a young man after which one

entire side of his body was debilitated and he was

immobilized with cast, crutches, braces, etc. for some time

and he continued to practice in that condition, so

this is someone who has big-time experience in the

rehabilitative and therapeutic possibilities of yoga and

Ashtanga Yoga. It's unbelievable that he sustained such an

injury looking at his practice now. I found that

particularly inspiring.<br><br>He seemed to indicate that he

did practice intensively with Guruji when he was in

the states in the 60s including the time when he was

seriously injured. I understand that his relationship with

and opinion of Guruji now is not favourable, and that

he does sometimes convey negative messages about

Guruji, but I did not witness that personally and he did

not do that in the workshop I attended.<br><br>Also,

he calls his style "Power Ashtanga" rather than

"Ashtanga," so perhaps he is trying to clarify that he does

not teach traditional Ashtanga.<br><br>- Kiran

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