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T. K. V. Desikachar
Born(1938-06-21)21 June 1938
Mysore,Mysore district,Kingdom of Mysore(nowKarnataka,India)
Died8 August 2016(2016-08-08)(aged 78)
Chennai,Tamil Nadu,India
Occupation(s)Yoga teacher, author
Known forViniyoga
SpouseMenaka Desikachar
ChildrenSons Bushan (b1970) & Kausthub (b1975) and a daughter Mekhala (b1978)

Tirumalai Krishnamacharya Venkata Desikachar(21 June 1938 – 8 August 2016), better known asT. K. V. Desikachar,was a yoga teacher, son of the pioneer of modernyoga as exercise,Tirumalai Krishnamacharya.The style that he taught was initially calledViniyogaalthough he later abandoned that name and asked for the methods he taught to be called "yoga" without special qualification.[1][2][3]

Biography[edit]

Desikachar was born in Mysore, son of the pioneer of modern yogaTirumalai Krishnamacharya,under whom he studied. He moved toMadras(now Chennai) in the early 1960s. He had trained as anengineer,but, inspired by his father's teachings, he studied under his father in the 1960s, and from the 1970s he taught in many parts of the world. He published many books, especially the 1995The Heart of Yoga.During his thirty years of study, Desikachar learned the practice and application of yoga techniques and texts, fortherapeutic,exercise, and spiritual purposes.[4][5]

Desikachar developed Viniyoga,[6]a term from the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. This approach is claimed to be holistic and aligned with theYoga Sutras.[6]

In 1976 Desikachar andA. G. Mohanfounded the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram (KYM), ayoga therapyclinic and yoga center in Madras, India, as a non-profit public charitable trust.[7][8][9]Under Desikachar’s leadership, it offered teacher training and individual instruction in asana, pranayama, meditation, yoga philosophy, and Vedic chanting. It conducted research into the impact of yoga on people suffering from schizophrenia, diabetes, asthma, and depression. It has been recognized by the Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation of the Department for Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of India. The institution is a public registered charity, identified by the Department of Family Health and Welfare of theGovernment of Tamil Nadu.

Family[edit]

His wife, Menaka Desikachar, taught yoga and Vedic chanting at KYM and continues to do so at Krishnamacharya Healing and Yoga Foundation (KHYF), founded in 2016. Bushan Desikachar, Dr. Kausthub Desikachar and Mekhala Desikachar are his three children. Kausthub is the Chief Executive and a senior teacher and yoga therapy consultant at KHYF. Kausthub was the Executive Trustee of the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram (KYM) till 2012, when he stepped down after sexual misconduct allegations.[10]

Death[edit]

Desikachar died on 8 August 2016 in Chennai, India at the age of 78.[11]

Bibliography[edit]

Desikachar authored books that include[12]

  • Desikachar, T. K. V., with Mary Louise Skelton and John Ross Carter (1980).Religiousness in Yoga.University Press of America.
  • Desikachar, T. K. V. (1982).The Yoga of T. KrishnamacharyaThe University of Virginia.
  • Desikachar, T. K. V. (1995).The Heart of Yoga: Developing a Personal Practice.Rochester, VM: Inner Traditions International.
  • Desikachar, T. K. V., with Kausthub Desikachar and Frans Moors (2001).The Viniyoga of Yoga: Applying Yoga for Healthy Living,Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram, India
  • Desikachar, T. K. V., with Mrtyn Neal (2001).What are we seeking,Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram, India
  • Desikachar, T. K. V. (2003).Nathamuni’s Yoga Rahasya.Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram, India
  • Desikachar, T. K. V. (2003).Reflections on Yogasutra-s of PatanjaliKrishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram, India
  • Desikachar, T. K. V., with Kausthub Desikachar (2003).Vedic Chant CompanionKrishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram, India
  • Desikachar, T. K. V., with Kausthub Desikachar (2003).Ādi Śaṅkara's Yoga Tāravali: English Translation and CommentaryKrishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram, India
  • Desikachar, T. K. V., with R. H. Cravens (2011).Health, Healing, and Beyond: Yoga and the Living Tradition of T. Krishnamacharya,Farrar Strass and Giroux

References[edit]

  1. ^Shearer, Alistair (2020).The Story of Yoga from Ancient India to the Modern West.London: Hurst. pp. 161–165.ISBN978-1787381926.
  2. ^Singleton, Mark;Fraser, Tara (2014). Singleton, Mark; Goldberg, Ellen (eds.).Gurus of Modern Yoga.Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 83–92.ISBN978-0199938728.
  3. ^Jain, Andrea R. (2015).Selling Yoga.Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 76, 88, 96.ISBN978-0199390243.Krishnamacharya... his students, most notably Iyengar, K Pattabhi Jois, and T.K.V. Desikachar, who constructed yoga brands and most successfully marketed those brands to the general populace...
  4. ^"Poses and postures".The Hindu News. 2010.Retrieved20 April2010.
  5. ^"Pioneering work in the area of wellness through Yoga".KYM. 2016.Retrieved12 February2016.
  6. ^abRicci, Jeanne (28 August 2007)."T.K.V. Desikachar Developed Viniyoga to Fit Each Individual Student".Yoga Journal.Retrieved28 August2017.
  7. ^"An Interview with T.K.V. Desikachar and his family following the Krishnamacharya Yoga Festival in San Francisco".Scott Peck. 2004.Retrieved2 February2004.
  8. ^"Modern Yoga in America".Emily Parkinson Perry, Utah State University. 20 May 2020. p. 18.Retrieved8 July2021.
  9. ^"Honoring Sir, A Celebration of Viniyoga".20 June 2021.Retrieved8 July2021.
  10. ^"Kausthub Desikachar Faces Abuse Allegations".Yoga Journal. 2012.Retrieved21 March2018.
  11. ^"Yoga guru T.K.V. Desikachar no more".The Hindu. 2016.Retrieved9 August2016.
  12. ^"Beyond Dissociation And Appropriation: Interpretation Of Culturally Embedded Presentations Of Yoga, Page 336".Genelle Benker. 1 June 2019.Retrieved21 March2018.
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