The Hathayoga Interview

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The Hathayoga Interview

In the year 2011, an interview was conducted on the topic of Hathayogapradipika, with three of the senior students of TKV Desikachar - Frans Moors, S Sridharan and Dr. Kausthub Desikachar. This interview was published in the newsletter called "Synergies in Yoga", published then by the Krishnamacharya Healing & Yoga Foundation. 

The interview is presented here for public interest and with an attitude of sharing this conversation on the most interesting topic of Hathayoga. 

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Who are the Kapalikas?

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Who are the Kapalikas?

The Kapalika-s (Sanskrit कापालिक) are one of the two main sects of Siva follows, who follow a a non-Puranic or tantric form of Saivism. Some of their members were considered to have written the Bhairava Tantra-s, including the subdivision called the Kaula Tantra-s.

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Yoga Makaranda | The Nectar of Yoga

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Yoga Makaranda | The Nectar of Yoga

Yoga Makaranda was T Krishnamacharya's first book on the topic of Yoga. Published originally in Kannada language in 1934, this book was one of the few available at the time. It is also one of the first publications ever to present the practice of Āsana-s in a sequential manner or Vinyāsa-krama, a method unknown at the time to the general public. 

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