Tirumalai Krishnamacharya was 50 when this film was made and is arguably the most influential yogi in establishing what yoga has become today. His students include Pattabhi Jois the founder of Asthanga yoga, BKS Iyengar, Indra Devi, and his son Desikachar. Most of todays leading yogis have studied under one or more of Krishnamacharya students. Krishnamacharya was born in 1888 in a remote Indian village and lived to be over 100 years old until his death in 1989. He is known as not only as a most influential yoga teacher, but a scholar, and a healer. Krishnamacharya was known to be able to voluntarily stop his visible heart beat/ pulse for over two minutes, probably by drastically reducing venous return to the heart. “The Yoga Sutras of Patanajali” are spoken in Sanskrit by Kausthub Desikachar.

To Our Teachers’ Teachers,

Our teachers are special people who guide us on a path until we’re ready to walk it on our own. To these brave and compassionate souls we owe so much love and gratitude. It is with great love & respect for the practices of yoga & martial arts, that we thank our very first teachers, for encouraging us to dig deeper…

Forever Grateful to Our Lineage

T. Krishnamacharya | T. K. V. Desikachar | B.K.S. Iyengar | Maty Ezraty | Annie Carpenter