Mysore Yoga Traditions
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Films, lectures, and conversations from the living culture of Mysore yoga.
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Mysore Yoga Traditions Film
A window into the living heart of Indian yoga.
What the world calls "Ashtanga Yoga" did not arise in isolation. It grew from the vibrant culture of Mysore — where temple ritual, Sanskrit scholarship, and daily sādhanā have coexisted for centuries.
This documentary brings you into that world — not as history, but as a living tradition. Elders, scholars, Sanskrit teachers, and spiritual leaders open the door to a practice that is much more than posture. Through heartfelt interviews and intimate glimpses behind the scenes, the film traces how a deeply rooted South Indian community gave rise to a global movement.
Whether you are a practitioner of many years, a teacher, or someone seeking the source behind the sequences, this film offers a clear and honest look into the philosophical and cultural foundations of modern yoga as it took shape in Mysore — still alive, still transmitting.
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Voices from the Tradition
Scholars, practitioners, and direct witnesses — speaking plainly about what they know.
Dr. TRS Sharma on Human Emotions
Dr. Sharma was one of Śrī Kṛṣṇamācārya's early students — the boy standing under Śrī Kṛṣṇamācārya in a well-known photograph from a yoga demonstration in Mysore in the 1930s, reproduced in books and films ever since.
This talk takes up something every person navigates: emotions. Dr. Sharma traces the differences between how the East and West have understood inner life, then shows how yoga — properly understood — offers genuine tools for that navigation. His thinking is not abstract. He draws on a lifetime of living inside multiple philosophical systems.
"Alienation is a Western man's disease."
By the time he finishes, it is clear you are listening to someone who has spent decades not just studying these questions, but inhabiting them. A valuable talk for anyone serious about practice.
Manju Jois — The Story of Ashtanga Yoga
Manju Jois grew up inside Ashtanga Yoga. As a young boy he practiced alongside his father's early students — the first wave of foreign practitioners who would carry the practice to the world. He has watched that spread unfold across his entire adult life.
In this conversation he speaks candidly: stories from childhood, his own understanding of how practice should be approached, and some pointed views on how it has commonly been taught. He is direct, often funny, and entirely unguarded.
"Don't be serious — be curious."
For students of Ashtanga Yoga, this is first-hand testimony from someone who was there from the beginning. There is no substitute for that.