Guy Donahaye
My blogs
| Location | NYC |
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| Introduction | I studied with Pattabhi Jois in Mysore, India between 1991 - 2001, and in 1998 started to interview his senior students and family. Over a period of 12 years, I collected around 40 interviews, a selection of which were later published as the book: Guruji: A Portrait of Sri K Pattabhi Jois through the Eyes of His Students (now withdrawn from publication). This book focused on all the positive aspects of Pattabhi Jois’ teachings and became an influential handbook for those practicing Ashtanga Yoga. But over the years I had many misgivings about Pattabhi Jois and the way he taught and in 2018, in the wake of the #metoo movement, started to write and speak about this publicly here. |