Those are the words of Kausthub Desikachar, grandson of Sri T. Krishnamacharya, who has produced a book with just photographs of all the masters that studied under his grandfather’s guidance (Iyengar, Devi, Jois, Desikachar, Mohan)
The book is a bit pricey at US$175, but if you do happen to get it (see here) I am sure it would be a feast to look at, so if you do, please let me invite you for tea so we can look at it together.
He says “I don’t think that we can save yoga, I think that yoga will save us” in the context of an interview in the latest Namarupa magazine (published by Eddie Stern and Robert Moses), and as part of a response to the question “Is there anything else that you want to add… in terms of the future of yoga and its enduring growth” by Rachel Stark.
On another question on how to bring the traditional student/teacher relationship back to our time and age, he suggest patience and for teachers to be good examples.
What surprised me the most was how he talks about the book. Born in Chennai in 75 he had the rear privilege of growing up, mingling and forging “intimate relationships” with all of these masters of yoga. He believes that having a book with just photos will somehow transmit to us or give us something, believes that our own projections when looking into the family album type of photographs might trigger a spark of understanding.
I want to look at it, the photos in the interview are stunning, for example there is one of Iyengar relaxing in his living room or one of Krishnamacharya at a picnic with his wife circa 1965, you can see them if you click on the “preview” for the Namarupa magazine.
Curious about him I got to his website.
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