Module III - yoga Gurus
Born in a remote Indian village, T Krishnamacharya is considered the “father of modern yoga” - Yogi, healer, linguist, Vedic scholar, expert in the Indian Schools of thought, researcher, author... in other words, a legend.
Tirumalai Krishnamacharya
(1888-1989)
Guruji is the father of Ashtanga was born on the full moon day of July 1915, Guru Purnima day. His father was an astrologer and a priest, who acted as the pujari for many of the families in the village. From an early age, as most brahmin boys, Pattabhi Jois was taught the Vedas and Hindu rituals.