Krisnamacharya Yoga Film 1938 (silent)

its hard to believe that ANY yoga practitioner would talk that way... long time huh?

amazing piece of film. from another time, a chance to see. so un self conscious because film so rare there and then. almost cellular body control. like the chinese masters vintage rare films too. another world. cool its silent. fit old 'ns with an energetic attitude to life.. rule! male + female.. There's one guy didnt know we'd be watching him so many years later.
wish you a great 2010.!

i have a very stupid question . i know in west both women and men practice but in India why only men practice it ?

aliens? oh no.

i think there was an alien hiding in the woods

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I agree with cspace. It's to bad most of the Yoga taught here roots with him. At the time, (20's to 40's) yoga was in a sorry state in India. Under British rule yoga had become unpopular and many of the Yoga families disappeared. If you can find a Yoga studio not in the Krisnamacharya tradition go take classes. I've been lucky enough to find a Yoga Center like this with a teacher from India who come from a "Yoga" family. The differences are useful.

True, and the other interesting thing is that yoga was traditionally taught one on one, not in "classes" and workshops, it was a personal and intimate thing between a teacher and student.

The major focus came onto asana when it became apparent just how much money could be made by leveraging your time and teaching in multiples.

"Functional creep" as I call it is when slowly but surely the original purity of intent is broken down until it has been pretty much lost altogether.

Ahhhh, yes, Krisnamacharya, probably the modern-day "father" of what we know to be the absolutely bastardised yoga gymnastics we see on every second street these days.

Now for suggesting this I suppose all you pseudo-spiritual party-trick yoga performers out there will give me the thumbs down....but before you do, know that I am a long-term yoga teacher in both the Astanga and Iyengar traditions, so what would I be saying this do you think ??

Can you elaborate?