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About the Ashtanga Yoga Teacher Training
Becoming an Ashtanga Yoga teacher is not learned in a few weeks: it is a matter of years of practice,…
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History of the Yoga Korunta (Ashtanga Yoga)
The Ashtanga Yoga we know today comes from a lost manuscript, the Yoga Korunta, found by Sri T. Krishnamacharya and…
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Visiting the Theosophical Society in Chennai
The world headquarters of the Theosophical Society, at Adyar, encourages the comparative study of religions, philosophy and science. It nestles…
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Sri K. Pattabhi Jois: the Transmission of Ashtanga Yoga
Sri K. Pattabhi Jois (1915–2009), a disciple of Krishnamacharya, transmitted the Yoga Korunta for more than sixty years. Here is…
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Kollywood, the Chennai Film Studios
Chennai’s great film studios are nicknamed “Kollywood” — the Tamil answer to Bollywood. Unlike those of Mumbai, the AVM and…
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Visiting Chennai, a Great Southern Metropolis
Madras — renamed Chennai in 1996 — can bewilder the arriving traveller: 7 million people, dense and colourful traffic. And…
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The Sun Salutation (Sūryanamaskāra)
The Sun Salutation, or Sūryanamaskāra, is a dynamic sequence of postures — a ritual in honour of the rising sun…
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Becoming an Ashtanga Yoga Teacher through Our Training
The training originally transmitted by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois continues at the Ashtanga Yoga Institute of Brussels. Since 1973, Jean-Claude…