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Tradition
Yoga
for Well Being is a school inspired by and dedicated to the teachings of
Krishnamacharya as taught to his son TKV Desikachar. Rooted in the Yoga Sūtras
of Patañjali,
the teachings have been passed down from teacher to student for generations.
This lineage structure is a
reflection of the heart of Yoga: relationship.
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Sri Tirumalai
Krishnamacharya, 1889-1999, was a well spring of yogic wisdom. More than
any other single person, with his firm belief that anyone can do yoga,
he revitalized yoga as a holistic healing system for the modern age.
"Krishnamacharya's mission was to bring the
promise of Yoga, particularly the healing potential, to anyone who
wished to receive it ... It was to be available to any sincere
individual of any age, caste, station in life, cultural background and
religious belief or non-belief."
Sri Krishnamacharya's teaching remains
one of the greatest influences shaping yoga as we know it, inspiring
many of the popular methods of yoga taught today. Many yoga masters of
great renown including BKS Iyangar, Pattabhi Jois, Indra Devi and his
own son TKV Desikachar studied with this legendary yogi, scholar and
healer. His longest standing student, his son Desikachar, continues to
pass on the lineage of Sri Krishnamacharya's teachings.
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TKV Desikachar is one of the most respected Yoga healers
and teachers of our time. He studied with his father, Sri T
Krishnamacharya, for three decades. In 1976, he founded the
Krishnamacharya Yoga
Mandiram (KYM), a non-profit healing center in Chennai, India, to
honor his father and share his teachings. More recently, with his son
Kausthub, he founded the
Krishnamacharya Healing & Yoga Foundation (KHYF) as the official
umbrella organization representing the holistic yoga tradition of
Yogacarya Sri T Krishnamacharya, and supporting all teachers, trainers
and therapists in this lineage. Desikachar is the author of many books
and publications, including Health, Healing and Beyond and The
Heart of Yoga.
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Sonia Nelson, a
KHYF-certified teacher trainer, has been a student of TKV Desikachar
since 1975. A master teacher of vedic chanting, Sonia has
developed a unique approach for teaching
vedic chant to western students.
She is director of the
Vedic Chant Center, gives
seminars and workshops nationwide, and has released a number of CDs
including tutorials for learning vedic chant and the Yoga Sutra of
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