Just stumbled across a stunning bit of footage released by KYM a few weeks back of Krishnamacharya aged 96 going through a practice he devised to cope with a fractured hip.
Indomitable comes to mind
Only 77 views so far, can you believe it!
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Indomitable comes to mind
Only 77 views so far, can you believe it!
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| 8 Minutes in Krishnamacharya practicing a little pranayama |
from Yogacarya Krishnamacharya - The Purnacarya. Edited by Mala Srivatsan
The first biography of Krishnamacharya and probably still the best.
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| Shoulderstand 3:02 |
from the YouTube video notes
"At the age of 96, Krishnamacharya fractured his hip. Refusing surgery, he treated himself and designed a course of practice that he could do in bed. Krishnamacharya lived and taught in Chennai until he slipped into a coma and died in 1989, at one hundred years of age. His cognitive faculties remained sharp until his death; and he continued to teach and heal whenever the situation arose".
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from other biographies concerning the hip fracture.....
from The Yoga of the Yogi. Kausthub Desikachar
(My least favourite 'biography' of Krishnamacharya)
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from health Healing and Beyond TKV Desikachar
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from Krishnamacharya His Life and teachings by AG Mohan
(My favourite Biography of Krishnamacharya thus far)
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