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Paperback. Condition: Good. Yoga is India's greatest gift to the world, believed the sage Tirumalai Krishnamacharya. His condition was to preserve and modernize the five-thousand-year-old wisdom that today benefits millions of individuals far beyond the confines of this Yoga master's homeland. To Krishnamacharya, Yoga was a means to improved health; to restored well-being in the face of illness; and to emotional balance and enhanced mental clarity. It was also the accessible path of progression toward union with the Absolute - whether conceived as a named God or a nameless truth. Health, Healing & Beyond is the long awaited biographical profile and exploration of the work of this teacher of many of Yoga's greatest exponents - including B.K.S. Iyengar, Indra Devi, and K. Pattabhi Jois. It is the story of dedication to a single purpose - to place the benefits of Yoga at the service of humanity. This lively affectionate account, by Krishnamacharya's son T.K.V Desikacher, traces the near-mythic labours of scholarship that equipped Krishnamacharya with an unparralled mastery of India's ancient traditions. Years spent as a disciple to a legendary teacher in Tibet were followed by Krishnamacharya's service to the Maharaja of Mysore in the last years of British colonial rule in India. There, in the 1930s, American and European medical experts reported the Yogi's astonishing ability to stop both his hearbeat and hois breath: especially, to control the life process itself. In the years following India's Independence, until Krishnamacharya's death in 1989 at the age of 100, his efforts were concentrated on adapting, even revolutionizing, Yogic practice for modern life. He swept aside ancient prohibitions against certain Yogic practices by women, and innovated therapeutic treatments for respiratory, cardiac, stroke and injury victims, as well as new therapies for mental illness and disabilities. His great mission was to make Yoga available to each individual, regardless of age, sex, race, culture, station in life and belief - or non-belief.…

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Hardback. Condition: Good. That yoga is part of the everyday lives of thousands of people around the world is due in large measure to the Indian healer and sage, Tirumulai Krishnamacharya. He was the preserver of the ancient wisdom and the rediscoverer of its lost teachings. Moreover Krishnamacharya adapted Yoga for modern life to offer practices that improve health, mental clarity, and spiritual growth. This lively biography of Krishnamacharya's life and techings also incorporates an incomparably lucid interpretation of ancient Yogic texts for modern readers. Also included in Health, Healing, and Beyond are historical and archival photographs of Krishnamacharya.…

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