Mysuru Yoga Utsava, 2025

WATCH/LISTEN:

• Prana chant video
• 100 Years of Beatitude – T. Krishnamacharya’s Centennary (low-resolution VHS transfer)

RECOMMENDED READING:

• HISTORY / BIOGRAPHY / PHILOSOPHY:
  • Sri T. Krishnamacharya’s history of classical alignment in the Yoga Makaranda, part I (PDF) and Yoga Makaranda, part II (PDF)
  • Religiousness in Yoga: Lectures on Theory and Practice by T.K.V.Desikachar
  • Claude Marechal’s article describing some of the teaching of Professor Krishnamacharya: Teachings
  • Health, Healing, and Beyond: Yoga and the Living Tradition of T. Krishnamacharya by T.K.V. Desikachar and R.H. Cravens
  • Yoga Yajnavalkya (PDF) or book, by A. G. Mohan
  • Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human by Richard Wrangham
  • Leslie’s original post on providing certificates.
  • Leslie’s blog post from 2008: “I’m Not a Yoga Therapist Anymore“
• YOGA PRACTICE:
  • Preparation for Kundalini Sequence (Leslie’s stick figures)
  • Krishnamacharya on Kundalini: The Origins and Coherence of his Position by Simon Atkinson
  • The Heart of Yoga: Developing a Personal Practice by T.K.V. Desikachar
  • Yoga for Wellness: Healing with the Timeless Teachings of Viniyoga by Gary Kraftsow
  • The Breathing Book: Good Health and Vitality Through Essential Breath Work by Donna Farhi
  • Restoring Prana by Robin L. Rothenberg
  • Students of T.K.V. Desikachar:
    • Gary Kraftsow
    • Richard Miller
    • Larry Payne
    • Mirka Scalco Kraftsow
    • Mark Whitwell
    • R. Sriram
    • Navtej Johar
    • Paul Harvey