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Krishnamacharya On Headstand and Shoulder Stand From Salutations To The Teacher and The Eternal One
Krishnamacharya On Headstand and Shoulder Stand From Salutations To The Teacher and The Eternal One
But rst my Introduction to the text from rst post in this series....
I was passed this document recently called Salutations to the Teacher and the
Eternal One purportedly by T. Krishnamacharya. I received it from two sources. one
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asked me to only share it with somebody who asked directly and I've respected
that. I've since received the text from another source with no conditions attached
and so have decided to share it.
Peter Sterios mentions the text in a Yoga Journal article, For beginners, Balasana
“… During this time, I also had the good fortune to receive some of the early
writings of Sri T. Krishnamarcharya of Madras. Among these, one short work has
influenced me profoundly: Salutation to the Teacher and the Eternal One. It has
been this book more than any other that has helped me to decipher and understand
the ancient hatha yogic texts in their fullness…”
However, since receiving the text I haven't been able to con rm to what extent, if at
all, it was written by Krishnamacharya. At times there seems to be a mixture of
styles, was it perhaps a series of notes by Krishnamacharya for a book project that
never materialised and ended up being passed around among students of KYM,
who in turn added notes to the text. Or perhaps it was lecture notes written by
Krishnamacharya for a course at KYM presented by someone else who then
responded to questions from students.
Enjoy
Here are a couple of sample pages, the full 41 page text can be downloaded from
my Googledocs page.
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B7JXC_g3qGlWemJSRVhtLXFlSVU
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Yogasanagalu 1970's edition