Nakuba kungenzeka ukuthi igama lakhe lingaziwa kakhulu kunabalandeli bakhe abadume kakhulu, akuyona into eyengeziwe yokubiza uT. Krishnamacharya ubaba we-yoga yanamuhla. Ukuthuthukiswa kwakhe kwendlela eyingqayizivele ye- hatha yoga, kanye nokukhuthazwa kwakhe okungapheli kanye nama-acolytes ayingqayizivele, kwaholela ngqo ekutholeni ukwanda kwe-yoga kubafundi basentshonalanga.
Krishnamacharya (1888-1989) kwakuyi-yogi yaseNdiya kanye nesazi.
Uthi uthole ukuqeqeshwa kwakhe eHatha yoga phakathi neminyaka eyisikhombisa esebenze nomholi wakhe, uRamamohana Brahmacharya, owayehlala emhumeni endaweni ekude ye-Himalaya. U-Krishnamacharya naye wachitha iminyaka eminingi efunda, bese efundisa iSanskrit , amasiko amaVedic, nefilosofi.
Indlela yakhe yokuya e-yoga yiyokuqala eyaziwa ukuthi ifake ukunyakaza ngokusebenzisa uchungechunge lwezimpendulo ezihambisana nokuphefumula, isitayela manje esibizwa ngokuthi i- vinyasa yoga. Encwadini yakhe ethi Yoga Body , uMark Singleton uphawula ngokuqiniseka ukuthi ukuthuthukiswa kwale yoga egelezayo kwathonywa kakhulu ukunyakaza kwamasiko ekhulwini le-19 kanye nokuzivocavoca umzimba okwenziwa ngamalungu amabutho aseBrithani. Ngo-1934, i-Krishnamacharya yanyathelisa i- Yoga Makaranda , incwadi ehlanganisa izindlela ze-yoga kanye ne-asanas ayezifundisayo, eziningi zazo ezazijwayele ogazini namuhla.
Legacy Krishnamacharya
Kusukela ngo-1926 kuya ku-1946, uKrishnamacharya wenza isikole se-yoga (ikakhulukazi kubafana abancane) esigodlweni saseMaharaja Krishnaraja Wodeyar eMsore, India.
Phakathi naleso sikhathi, iKrishnamacharya yaba nabafundi abathathu abavelele abazoqhubeka nokudlala indima ebalulekile ekwandiseni i-yoga entshonalanga.
U-K. Pattabhi Jois wayengumfundi ozinikezele, ohlala isikhathi eside ogama lakhe elingu- Ashtanga elinamandla elinamandla eliseduze ngokusekelwe ezimfundisweni zikaKrishnamacharya. I-Ashtanga yanamuhla yiwindwangu engcono kakhulu esinayo kwi-yoga yase Krishnamacharya.
I-BKS Iyengar , udadewabo owayengumkaKrishnamacharya, wathola imfundo yakhe yogayela yokuqala evela kumkhwenyana wakhe ngaphambi kokubamba iqhaza ukuze athuthukise isitayela sakhe esisekelwe eceleni. U-Indra Devi , owaba uthisha we-yoga ezithombeni zaseHollywood eminyakeni yama-1940 no-50, wayengumfundi wokuqala wesifazane waseKrishnamacharya.
Ngemva kokuba isikole sakhe se-yoga sivaliwe, uKrishnamacharya wafundisa ngasese emzini wakhe eKennai. Indlela yakhe yokuhlolisisa umkhuba we-yoga ezidingweni kanye namakhono omuntu wathonya indodana yakhe, u-TKV Desikachar, ozogcina le ndlela eya eViniyoga .
Amavidiyo we-Krishnamacharya asebenza nge-yoga angatholakala ku-YouTube futhi ahlinzeke ngendlela ekhangayo indlela i-yoga eye yaba ngayo eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-70 edlule. Okuthakazelisayo ikakhulukazi amafilimu ase Krishnamacharya enza i-vinyasa yoga ne-Iyengar, kamuva owaziwa ngokuthi isitayela esihlukile. Noma kunjalo, indima ebalulekile yeKrishnamacharya njengoba i-guru kulabo abasunguli bezindlela ezintathu ze-yoga zanamuhla ezinamandla kakhulu.
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