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Yoga Gymnastique

Downloadable PDF Files with copies of two of Srivatsa Ramaswami’s monthly newsletters from his Google Groups Web Page. Firstly his September Newsletter PDF around the theme Yoga Gymnastique and secondly an out of turn follow up Mid-September Newsletter PDF sharing a letter received from Marc Singleton, author of Yoga Body – The Origins of Modern Yoga Practice (Available on Amazon UK and Amazon US).

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    Vinyāsa Sequences filmed in the KYM‘s original building

    Vinyasa sequences from Viniyoga Healing Foundation of India

    Advanced Vinyasa Demonstration by Lara Abiesheikh – 1

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      Āsana as a Tool – A Viniyoga Approach

      An Interview in the Summer 2010 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine with Gary Kraftsow around the topic “Asana as a Tool – A Viniyoga Approach“.

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        New Bio on Krishnamacharya

        Krishnamacharya: His Life and Teachings by AG Mohan and Ganesh Mohan.
        Available on Amazon UK and Amazon US

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          Indra Devi in Madras 1988

          INDRA DEVI WITH KRISHNAMACHARYA 1988 MADRAS Part 1

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            Articles by Gary Kraftsow

            Viniyoga Part 1 by Gary Kraftsow
            In this series of articles with co-founder of the American Viniyoga Institute Gary Kraftsow describes the 4 keys that make Viniyoga different from most other yoga modalities in the western world.

            This is the second in a series of articles with co-founder of the American Viniyoga Institute Gary Kraftsow where he describes the 4 keys that make Viniyoga different from most other yoga modalitites in the western world.

            This is the third in a series of articles with co-founder of the American Viniyoga Institute Gary Kraftsow where he describes the 4 keys that make Viniyoga different from most other yoga modalitites in the western world.

            This is the fourth in a series of articles with co-founder of the American Viniyoga Institute Gary Kraftsow where he describes the 4 keys that make Viniyoga different from most other yoga modalitites in the western world.

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              Positively Healing

              Everything that happens in your mind is reflected in your body, says T.K.V. Desikachar. So, meditate on the good!

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                KYM Children’s Class

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                  TKV & Mekhala Desikachar

                  Mantramala – Svastha. Presented in this CD are a selection of Vedic chants that envisage health and harmony for the entire human system. While attempting to preserve the ancient Vedic heritage with strict attention to Vedic chant pedagogy, this CD also aims at carrying forth the profound resonance of these sacred hymns.

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                    Yoga’s First Family

                    TKV Desikachar took over from his legendary father, T Krishnamacharya. Now he, his wife Menaka and their children teach yoga in its purest form at their Mandiram in Chennai.

                    An article featured in the Indian Publication Civil Society in March 2008.

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                      Interview with TKV Desikachar

                      An interview with T.K.V. Desikachar, the Yoga Teacher whose one month Yoga Programme in Colgate University in 1976 was originally published, and is still available, as “Religiousness in Yoga”. This book was re-published under the title “The Heart of Yoga”

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                        TKV Desikachar Colorado 2009

                        TKV Desikachar in an excerpt from his presentation at the September 2009 Yoga Journal Conference at Estes Park in Colorado.

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                          Sonia Nelson Interview

                          Recently on Living Yoga Radio Robin Rothenberg interviewed Sonia Nelson. Sonia is the Director of the Vedic Chant Center. She has been a student of TKV Desikachar and teacher of Yoga and Vedic Chant for over twenty five years.
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                            A recent Indian TV Programme featuring TKV Desikachar

                            MEMORIES OF MADRAS: Sri TKV Desikachar
                            This episode from NDTV METROPLUS Show dates from April 2010 and features my teacher of over 25 years.
                            A pleasant surprise to find myself reminded of times together in New York and the UK through appearing in several photographs from around 10 years ago, including one from Yoganjali taken in 2000.

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                              Gary Kraftsow on Yoga Radio

                              Recently on Living Yoga Radio Robin Rothenberg interviewed Gary Kraftsow. Gary is the Director of the Viniyoga America Institute. He began his study of Yoga with T.K.V. Desikachar in 1974.
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                                Histories of Yoga in America

                                Even the physical aspects that dominate yoga today are partly reimports from the West. T. Krishnamacharya (the South Indian teacher of Indra Devi), B. K. S. Iyengar and K. Pattabhi Jois borrowed from gymnastic postures introduced to India by British colonialists.

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                                  Masters in Focus

                                  An Article from Namarupa entitled:
                                  Masters in Focus – An interview with Kausthub Desikachar by Rachael Stark

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