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vronsky — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 18:42:39 -0800

1938 film of yoga in the west pioneer B.K.S. Iyengar and his teacher Sri T. Krishnamacharya B/W silent.

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 19:43:20 -0800

vronsky, That was awesome! forwarded the link to a friend and his wife who practise that style of yoga. What a treat to see such fluid, flexible and balanced movement, and he was 50, wow. Inspiring.

By: svenni

svenni — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 20:00:39 -0800

If you've tried a bit of yoga, that footage is mind blowing.

By: MythMaker

MythMaker — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 20:34:46 -0800

I wasn't aware that the human body could twist quite like that. I now know. Thanks for the tip.

By: hortense

hortense — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 20:37:14 -0800

I like that blog.

By: homunculus

homunculus — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 20:37:39 -0800

yoga in the west pioneer Yeah, but how big are his balls?

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 22:23:04 -0800

The Uddiyana Bandha is interesting to see in flim.

By: whatnot

whatnot — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 23:04:36 -0800

thanks for these, vronsky. the twisting-while-balancing-on-head stuff is just overwhelming.

By: criticalbill

criticalbill — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 02:29:30 -0800

That was incredible. It reminds me of when I read Iyengars "Illustrated Light on Yoga" and was amazed by the pictures showing him looking so young when he was about 60. Later on, however, I realised that the photos were taken when he was about 30. But that guy really was 50?

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 11:01:02 -0800

criticalbill, It says, just above the first clip: "he was 50 years old when the film was shot". He, in this case refers to Krishnamacharya. One can also see it in his face, the white five o'clock shadow. The clips below that are of B.K.S. Iyengar, who, it says above the second clip, "must have been around 20 years old during that time".

By: rhiannon

rhiannon — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 13:18:37 -0800

Thanks for posting that. I studied Iyengar yoga for a while so it was cool to see his practice when he was young. Also, as the Web site says, it's really interesting to see him doing flowing yoga (the style that bears his name has much less emphasis on flow and much more emphasis on getting into a single pose and holding it for a long time).