The Yoga of the Yogi

by T K V Desikachar

The Yoga of The yogi is a tribute to one of the greatest yogis of the modern era, Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, known to yoga students everywhere 

This work offers unique insights into the life of this influential, yet little-known yogi. Krishnamacharya showed us that yoga is much more than asanas, or physical postures. In fact, yoga offers us a wide range of tools for healing the entire human system in a compassionate and holistic way.

About the author:

TKV Desikachar, one of the most renowned authorities on yoga presents this book with two of his students Kausthub Desikachar and Frans Moors.

In addition to years of yoga training from his father, TKV Desikachar holds a degree in structural engineering. Since the 1960s he has devoted himself to yoga instruction for people from all walks of life and with all kinds of abilities; among his students was the renowned philosopher J Krishnamurti. Desikacher continued to live and study with his father until Krishnamacharya’s death in 1989. One of the world’s foremost teachers of yoga, Desikachar currently teaches at the school founded in his father’s memory in Madras, as well as in Europe, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand.