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Back to the Future of Yoga

By lkaminoff / July 9, 2016

Yesterday, Kausthub Desikachar (my teacher’s son) published “The Future of Yoga – an Editorial.” Although I could provide counter-arguments to […]

By yatb / July 22, 2015

Who owns Yoga? The Debate With bragging rights to what has become a multi-billion dollar industry at stake, the debate

By yatb / August 28, 2014

As promised, here’s some more context to the situation surrounding last week’s post about Desikachar’s dementia, and the aftermath. First

By yatb / August 25, 2014

This piece ran in Elephant Journal the night after B.K.S. Iyengar died. Waylon Lewis was very kind to prep it

By yatb / August 19, 2014

Word has just come via a Facebook post from Judith Lasater that Bellur Krishnamachar Sundaraj Iyengar has passed away at

By yatb / March 2, 2012

In this video follow-up to my previous post “William Broad is at it again at the NY Times,” you can

By yatb / February 28, 2012

This time, Mr. Broad is riding the coattails of the John Friend “scandal;” and sharing his expertise about how Yoga’s

By yatb / February 17, 2012

I wouldn’t be much of a yoga blogger if I didn’t mention the events of the past 2 weeks concerning

By yatb / April 22, 2011

HYDERABAD, India (AFP) – Doctors treating Indian spiritual leader Sai Baba, one of the country’s most famous gurus, said on

By yatb / June 10, 2005

Originally posted to e-Sutra on April 24, 1999 This is an amazing interview, and well worth reading. In it, Desikachar