21/06/2026
A memory:
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The Association for Yoga Studies is a community of Yoga teachers and like-minded people inspired by the approach to Yoga taught by TKV Desikachar and his father T Krishnamacharya...
Krishnamacharya taught many of the leading Yoga teachers in the West in the 20th Century...
'Parampara' describes the passing down of knowledge over generations, from teacher to student..
"The...nature of the student/teacher relationship is profoundly special; it's foundation is sraddha [a Sanskrit word often translated as 'faith'], which must be present in both student and teacher: one of mutual trust, respect and commitment. Yoga is much more than physical exercise and bodywork. The mind, emotions, the very stuff of which we are made is its essence, and there are no hiding places for the observant and committed student. Desikachar has said: 'Yoga is relationship' The unique student/teacher relationship is surely a profound expression of Yoga.
An essential part of the student/teacher relationship is to guide the student towards autonomy; it is clearly beyond the usual context of teacher, because it involves more than just teaching Yoga. It becomes one of mentor as well as teacher in the complex and challenging process of a student's journey.
The gift of this unique relationship is that it honours the link with the source of the teaching; each time I am with my teacher I am linked to the source; every time I practice, meditate, chant, I am linked to the source and every time I am with my students we are all linked to the source of this teaching."
[Pamela Tyson, aYs teacher. October 2096].
Our approach to Yoga focuses on the special application of the techniques of Yoga to different situations, different people, and at different times...
Find out more on our website - link in bio above - where you can also search for a teacher.
Photo credit: Sheila Baker (aYs teacher) - 'Parampara' - drawn following her first personal meeting with TKV Desikachar
