TKV Desikachar

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TKV Desikachar (born June 21, 1938 in Mysore ; † August 8, 2016 in Chennai ) was an Indian yoga teacher and author . He was the son of T. Krishnamacharya and Srimathi T. Namagiriammal and brother of TK Sribhashyam .

Life

As the son of T. Krishnamacharya, who is considered the founder of modern yoga, TKV Desikachar came into contact with yoga philosophy and practice at an early age. He was a student of his father until his death in 1989. In 1976 Desikachar founded the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram (KYM) school in Madras.

The Viniyoga developed by Desikachar is based on the yoga principles of Krishnamacharya. Viniyoga is adapted to the individual needs of each student. This approach supports the therapeutic use of yoga, whereby Desikachar later distanced himself from the term viniyoga and wished that his method could simply continue to be called yoga .

Desikachar has three children with his wife Menaka, including his son Kausthub Desikachar , who says he is continuing the legacy of his father and grandfather. In 2012 Kausthub resigned from his functions after allegations of sexual harassment , but resumed his work in 2013 after unsuccessful investigations by the authorities - but since Desikachar's death in 2016 in his own institutes, namely Viniyoga Singapore and the Krishnamacharya Healing and Yoga Foundation (KHYF), whereby the KYM continues to exist in parallel.

Works

  • Yoga - Tradition and Experience; the practice of yoga according to the Yoga Sutra of Patañjali. Petersberg 1991.
  • Yoga - Health for Body and Mind: Life and Teachings of Krishnamacharya. Berlin 2000.
  • The hidden knowledge of Freud and Patañjali: Relationship, healing and transformation in yoga and psychoanalysis. Stuttgart 2007.
  • On Freedom and Meditation - The Yoga Sutra des Patañjali: An Introduction. Publisher Via Nova, Fulda 2009.
  • Health, Healing, and Beyond: Yoga and the Living Tradition of T. Krishnamacharya. Farrar, Straus and Giroux , New York City , 2011 ( online in the Google book search) (German: Yoga - healing body and mind beyond the known: life and teachings of Krishnamacharya. Bielefeld 2012).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ TKV Desikachar, Richard H. Cravens: Health, Healing, and Beyond: Yoga and the Living Tradition of T. Krishnamacharya. Farrar, Straus and Giroux , New York City , 2011 ( online in Google Book Search)
  2. ↑ About KYM at kym.org, accessed July 18, 2020 (English).
  3. ↑ About KYM at kym.org, accessed July 18, 2020 (English).
  4. ↑ What we owe TKV Desikachar: Viniyoga. On yogaeasy.de , August 19, 2016, accessed on July 18, 2020. Note: Due to a typo, it is noted in the article that Desikachar made this request at the beginning of the 20th century. - in view of Desikachar's life data, it can only really be "beginning of the 21st century".
  5. ↑ Kausthub Desikachar resigns - after display in Ö - back. From yogaguide.at , October 2, 2012, accessed on July 18, 2020.
  6. ↑ Kausthub Desikachar is back and teaching again. From yogaguide.at , April 18, 2013, accessed on July 18, 2020.
  7. ↑ Viniyoga Pte. Ltd. , accessed July 18, 2020 (English).
  8. ↑ Viniyoga | Yoga Therapy Training | Yoga Teacher Training - KHYF.net | khyf , accessed July 18, 2020 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Desikachar, TKV
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian yoga teacher and author
DATE OF BIRTH June 21, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Mysore
DATE OF DEATH August 8, 2016
Place of death Chennai