Srivatsa Ramaswami
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Srivtasa Ramaswami (1939-) is an Indian yogi from Chennai.
Ramaswami was a student of the father of modern yoga, Krishnamacharya, and studied daily under him for 33 years, from 1955 until 1988 shortly before Krishnamacharya's passing. He is Krishnamacharya's longest-standing student with one exception, Krishnamacharya's son T. K. V. Desikachar.
Ramaswami has published several books, including The Complete Book of Vinyasa Yoga (2005)[1] which attempts to convey the full extent of Krishnamacharya's asana teachings. Ramaswami explains in the introduction to his book that many of the famous modern schools of yoga teach only a subset of Krishnamacharya's body of knowledge. The book presents what he calls Vinyasa Krama (Sanskrit for tool) yoga.
He continues by saying that to teach a fixed style of yoga, or emphasise only fixed asana sequences, diverges enormously from Krishnamacharya's style of adapting what he taught to each student. In this analysis, Krishnamacharya was a different teacher for every student, adapting to become the teacher that the student needed.
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[edit] Books Authored
- Ramaswami, Srivatsa & Hurwitz, David (2006). Yoga Beneath the Surface. New York, New York: Marlowe & Company. ISBN 1569242941.
- Ramaswami, Srivatsa (2005). The Complete Book of Vinyasa Yoga. New York, New York: Marlowe & Company. ISBN 1569244022.
- Ramaswami, Srivatsa (2000). Yoga for the Three Stages of Life. Rochester, Vermont: Inner Traditions. ISBN 1569244022.
[edit] External links
- http://www.vinyasakrama.org/ Srivatsa Ramaswami's official website
- http://www.vinyasakrama.com
- http://www.yogacenter.com/withmyguru/index.htm
