Showing posts with label Sri K Pattabhi Jois. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sri K Pattabhi Jois. Show all posts

Monday, February 7, 2011

Yoga with the Amazing Tao Porchon-Lynch


Soon Bamboomoves will be blessed to have the amazing Tao Porchon-Lynch teaching a workshop on Sunday February 20th @ 2:30. From the first mention of this workshop the sign up list filled up, so we most likely will offer another workshop with Tao in the future as she is clearly in demand. This Past Sunday, I experienced why she is so amazing. I ventured out to Westchester to take Tao's class, as I wanted to meet Tao in person and thank her for graciously offering her time to teach the students at bamboomoves. It was amazing! I did not know that Tao is also Indian, she was born in Pondicherry. We were speaking and she mentioned how her favorite place in India, and in the world, to travel is Kerala which is where my family is from. Tao has studied yoga with some of the most amazing and revered yoga instructors in the world including B.K.S Iyengar and the late Sri K. Pattabhi Jois. She has walked side by side with Gandhi, made many films, danced ballroom dance and lived the life everyone should live. The reason why her life and her practice is so inspirational is because Tao abides by the philosophy "nothing is impossible". She is brilliant. Her classes were so wonderful. She teaches with such understanding of alignment (which is typical Iyengar style), she teaches with delightful stories, and demonstrates with ease and joy! At the young age of 92, Tao is an example to everyone that life can be amazing, if you live amazing! Thank you Tao for enlightening my yoga practice! I look forward to learning from you more in the future, and maybe even traveling to India with you.

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Sri K Pattabhi Jois passes away - May 18th 2009

At the age of 93, Guruji Sri K Pattabhi Jois, beloved and famous Ashtanga teacher passed away May 18 2009.  He was known fondly all over the world as one of Sri T Krishnamacharya's early students in Mysore.  He is certainly one of the most influential teachers of our time.  Sri K Pattabhi Jois was instrumental in popularizing Sri Krishnamacharya's methods which is known today as Astanga Vinyasa Yoga.  

While he will be missed by his family and many all over the world, his tender soul and dedication to Yoga will forever be honored and remembered worldwide.