Tirumalai Krishnamacharya was an Indian yoga teacher, ayurvedic healer and scholar. He is seen as one of the most important gurus of modern yoga, and is often called "Father of Modern Yoga" for his wi
Krishnamacharya in a yoga demonstration
Gajasana, hand-drawn illustration in Sritattvanidhi, 19th century Mysore Palace manuscript. The scholar Norman Sjoman suggests that Krishnamacharya was influenced by the yoga poses in the manuscript.
Ardha Chandrasana Yoga Asana Nina Mel
K. Pattabhi Jois was an Indian yoga guru who developed and popularized the flowing style of yoga as exercise known as Ashtanga yoga. In 1948, Jois established the Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute in M
In the entrance of his institute in Mysore, India, 2006
Jois taught yoga at the Sanskrit College, Mysore from 1937 to 1973.