While the life of Sri Krishnamacharya has been explored to a great extent, his personal beliefs and philosophical background remain somewhat more mysterious. In this podcast, Yogacharya Sridharan, a senior mentor from the Sri Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandir in Chennai, will present a text called Yoga Valli, composed by Krishnamacharya, which contains his commentary on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. Sri Krishnamacharya outlines his personal beliefs and approach to yoga as both a philosophy and a spiritual practice. In doing so, he quotes the Bhagavad Gita, various Upanishads, and other texts to create a thorough and comprehensive approach to yoga. If you are curious about the spiritual beliefs of the father of modern yoga, this episode will be very interesting!

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This podcast is produced by Andrew Eppler.  Andrew is a lifelong practitioner of Ashtanga Yoga, director and producer of Mysore Yoga Traditions Film and founder of Mysore Yoga Conference.

Contributors include Bryce Delbridge, Joey Paz and Santiago Pinto.

Academic collaboration with Samskriti Foundation, Mysore India.

Music composed by Petros Haffenrichter.

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