Sunday, June 21, 2015

                                       International yoga day 21/06/2015

We have many systems of Vedic phylosophy,Sage Patanjali, is  said to be the father of Yoga,compiled & refined various aspects of the yoga His yoga Sutras (Aphorisms), he defined the eight fold path of Yoga & called it Astanga yoga for the overall development of the man kind: They are Yama,Niyama,Asana,pranayama,pratyahara,dharana,dhyana & SAMADHI
There are many types for ex. apa yoga,karma yoga,gyana yoga,swara yoga,kundalini yoga & Nadi yoga: Bangalore is the IT Hub & Mysuru is the Yoga City; People like sri Pattabhi Jois( 26/7/1915 to 18/5/2009) & Sri Bks Iyyengar ( 14/12/1918 to 20/08/2014) Both achieved international fame Popularised the yoga : Lot of foreigners & Indian celebs,flocked to the city of Mysore to learn the yogic discipline that rejuvinated their body & soul : Iyyengar was born in Bellur village in kolar(Karnataka state) had formal education(Studied upto SSLC) It so happened that both of them came under the  tutelage of the same guru, Sri Krishnmachrya.: The maharaja of mysore sri kshnaraja wodiyer patronised them : The astangayoga school was established in Laxmipuram : Later Iyyengar moved to Pune & Jois stayed back in mysore


  • These two kannadiga GIANTS , in a great way contributed to the city of  Mysore being put up on the international map:

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