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Breath Of The Gods
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Modern yoga, that is, the form practiced daiIy by tens of miIlions of peopIe around the worId, goes back directly to the god Shiva according to lndian tradition. At the same time, however, modern yoga originated in the earIy 20th century - a creation of lndian savant T. Krishnamacharya (1888-1989). That story is far Iess known.
Krishnamacharya's life and teachings are seen through the eyes of the director Jan Schmidt-Garre on his search for authentic yoga. His journey Ieads him from the legendary students and reIatives of Krishnamacharya's to the source of modern yoga, at the paIace of the Maharaja of Mysore. From Pattabhi Jois Jan learns the Sun saIutation, from Iyengar the King of Asanas, the headstand, and finaIIy Sribhashyam reveaIs to him his father's secret Life Saving Yoga Session. |
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