Portrait of Tirumalai Krishnamacharya

No. 99 · Coaching Legends

Tirumalai Krishnamacharya

Yoga

Modern yoga and teaching lineage

Tirumalai Krishnamacharya was an Indian yoga teacher and scholar whose work strongly influenced modern postural yoga. His students helped establish several widely practised yoga traditions. His teaching paid attention to the individual practitioner, connecting physical practice with study, breathing and the wider disciplines of yoga.

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