Modern Practice Of Yoga

The Birth of Modern Yoga: The revival of Yoga itself is often attributed to the tremendous work of T Krishnamacharya; along with Swami Sivananda and others. Krishnamacharya adapted ancient yogic practices along with some practices from prevalent physical cultures.

His 2 prominent students BKS Iyengar (founder – Iyengar yoga) and Pattabhi Jois (founder _ Ashtanga yoga) took yoga to the West and they helped create the yoga boom! In fact most of the yoga practiced in the world today is based on Jois’ Asthanga yoga flows.

In the 1960′s as America was experimenting with counter-culture and exploring more in terms of spirituality Yoga was like manna to many tires souls. It gave them a framework to work within. Famously, the Beatles sought out Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and his TM (traveling and living in his ashram in India) to cope with their demi-god status!

Also in the 60′s such luminaries as Paramshansa Yogananda, author of the mesmerizing ‘Autobiography of a Yogi’ brought Kriya Yoga to western audiences. Later Swami Rama was the first Yogi to be tested under laboratory conditions and the results were startling, making modern psychologists re-think their fundamentals.

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