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A yoga student named Lauren Cahn has posted a piece on the Huffington Post which has been receiving some attention from the yoga community.  Titled “Five Words That Do Not Belong in Yoga”, the piece is basically a lengthy diatribe...
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This past Sunday evening, Santa Barbara yoga instructors Steve Dwelley and Michele Nichols hosted a gathering to honor the life of their teacher, Ashtanga founder Sri K. Pattabhi Jois (or “Guruji“, as he was more affectionately known). The event took...
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It’s technically an obituary, but this great Economist article is more like an entertaining profile piece with witty observations on the yoga world peppered throughout.  Take, for example, this this well-written opening segment (we had to quote the whole thing...
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There are some great images from Guruji’s memorial in Mysore, India on this Flickr photostream.  (Thanks for posting this link, Elephantbeans!)  There are quite a few images (and a couple of videos) included here, and we found it helpful to...
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Today is the official memorial ceremony for Guruji (the affectionate name for Ashtanga Yoga founder Sri K. Pattabhi Jois) in his hometown of Mysore, India. We are thinking of him, his family, and all of his devoted students who travelled...
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We’re calling it. Today, May 21, 2009, yoga reached its tipping point.  (‘Tipping point’ definition: “when something previously unique becomes common”.)  In today’s New York Times, the largest and most authoritative metropolitan newspaper in the U.S., there are not only...
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The yoga world lost one of its most prominent, influential, and beloved figures on Monday, May 18: Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, the Guruji of Ashtanga Yoga.  Here are the most recent updates about resources, reflections, and memorial information for this...
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In addition to our piece on the death and legacy of the beloved Guruji of Ashtanga Yoga Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, here is a collection of some other resources which you might find helpful: -**UPDATE! The KPJAYI added the following announcement...
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Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, the beloved Guruji of Ashtanga Yoga, died this morning at the age of 93 in Mysore, India.  Jois’ health had been unstable for the past few years, and he was in and out of the hospital...
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