It is a rare and remarkable soul who becomes legendary during the course of his life by virtue of great service to others. Sri K. Pattabhi Jois was such a soul, and through his teaching of yoga, he transformed the lives of countless people. The school in Mysore that he founded and ran for more than sixty years trained students who, through the knowledge they received and their devotion, have helped to spread the daily practice of traditional Ashtanga yoga to tens of thousands around the world. "Guruji" paints a unique portrait of a unique man, revealed through the accounts of his students. Among the thirty men and women interviewed here are Indian students from Jois' early teaching days; intrepid Americans and Europeans who traveled to Mysore to learn yoga in the 1970s; and, important family members who studied as well as lived with Jois and continue to practice and teach abroad or run the Ashtanga Yoga Institute today. Many of the contributors (as well as the authors) are influential teachers who convey their experience of Jois everyday to students in many different parts of the globe. Anyone interested in the living tradition of yoga will find "Guruji" richly rewarding.
- ISBN10 0865477493
- ISBN13 9780865477490
- Publish Date 20 July 2010
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 6 February 2013
- Publish Country US
- Imprint North Point Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 496
- Language English