Mysore has been developed rapidly especially
the Gokul area of the town, were the famous Astanga Yoga centrum by Pattabhi
Jois has been established. I have been here 1991 and can see the clear
difference in sites, prices of land and people as well.
Yoga had and still have a very strong
influence on Mysore, as most backpackers and travellers come to this city for
learning or exploring this art. Of course mysore as a ancient city has a lot of
different subjects to offer, many good musicians come from here from were one
can learn, bombastic palaces and temples are in and around the place and a very
famous sanskrit University and library is attached to this place. That is also
the spot were T. Krishnamacharya has started his career as a sanskrit/Nyaya
philosopher, but thought about to teach something different, which he has
learned in the Himalayas. YOGA ...
Many things has been written, published and
documented on this in the west – much more then Ayurveda, Vastu or vedic astrology, still the western
approach is much different then the original idea is taught in classical
schools of Yoga in India. In India many they expect a very strict discipline on
the disciple which many westerners can`t or wont` follow. On top of this comes
the difference in understanding the cultural and ethical pillars of Yoga, were indians
believe the mingling of opposite sex is the death of Yoga practice, expect you
do the Vama Marga (by the way very rare that people can follow that too). Westeners dont seems to be interested in
the first pillars of Yoga taught by Patanjali (Yama and Niyama is all about
that). I have read many socalled „commentaries“ by westeners and even modern
indians on the Yoga Sutras, were would ask after reading it, if he is writing
about Yogasutras based on the sutras or on his material polluted ideas of
„...how i become famous“? Anyhow therefore BNS Iyengar, who is one of the last
disciple of T. Krishnamacarya in Mysore teach two classes one for indians and
one for westeners in two different places in mysore. The main course for
indians is held in the very orthodox Parakala Matham Temple compound of the
Vadakalai Sri Vaishnava Tradition, near Jagan Mohan Palace. Their are very strict group of worshippers
following the Hayagriva Upasana. It may had clashed with the western understanding of
living,as this place is still a place of worship and rituals very much. Therefore he has another course to
offer, which is mainly for westeners in one private House near the chamaraj double road, Lakshmi talkies (cinema). Courses are usually between 7 am and 12 amevery day, except Sunday.
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