Back to the Future of Yoga
Yesterday, Kausthub Desikachar (my teacher’s son) published “The Future of Yoga – an Editorial.” Although I could provide counter-arguments to […]
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Who Owns Yoga?
Who owns Yoga? The Debate With bragging rights to what has become a multi-billion dollar industry at stake, the debate
My teacher is gone…the sequel
As promised, here’s some more context to the situation surrounding last week’s post about Desikachar’s dementia, and the aftermath. First
My Teacher is Gone
This piece ran in Elephant Journal the night after B.K.S. Iyengar died. Waylon Lewis was very kind to prep it
In Memoriam: B.K.S. Iyengar 1918-2014
Word has just come via a Facebook post from Judith Lasater that Bellur Krishnamachar Sundaraj Iyengar has passed away at
Did Yoga really start as a sex cult?
In this video follow-up to my previous post “William Broad is at it again at the NY Times,” you can
William Broad is at it again in the NY Times
This time, Mr. Broad is riding the coattails of the John Friend “scandal;” and sharing his expertise about how Yoga’s
Reaction to the Anusara situation and the idea of the Guru
I wouldn’t be much of a yoga blogger if I didn’t mention the events of the past 2 weeks concerning
Indian guru Sai Baba ‘close to death’
HYDERABAD, India (AFP) – Doctors treating Indian spiritual leader Sai Baba, one of the country’s most famous gurus, said on
Leslie Kaminoff Interviews T.K.V. Desikachar in Madras, October, 1992
Originally posted to e-Sutra on April 24, 1999 This is an amazing interview, and well worth reading. In it, Desikachar
ARE WE STILL BELITTLING YOGA?
This thread features a piece called ARE WE STILL BELITTLING YOGA? by Georg Feuerstein in which he proposes a campaign
Leslie Kaminoff Interviews T.K.V. Desikachar in Madras, October, 1992
Originally posted to e-Sutra on April 24, 1999 This is an amazing interview, and well worth reading. In it, Desikachar