lineage and resources
I studied Vinyasa Krama directly with Srivatsa Ramaswami in Chennai, India. Ramaswami is a long-standing student of Sri T Krishnamacharya, and his teaching preserves a careful, breath-led approach to yoga practice, presenting asana and pranayama as a highly focused, structured practice. I value in this tradition for its clarity and gradualness: movement is coordinated with the breath, pranayama is approached with respect, and the practice naturally prepares the mind for stillness.
VKYA
I have been a student of Stephen Brandon, who at Vinyasa Krama Yoga Academy shares authentic Yoga in the tradition of Sri T Krishnamacharya, including yoga as taught by Srivatsa Ramaswami and T K Sribhashyam, one of Krishnamacharya’s sons. He learnt and taught a unique approach to yoga, a direct transmission from his father over decades.
Selected books by Srivatsa Ramaswami include:
• Yoga for the Three Stages of Life
• The Complete Book of Vinyasa Yoga
• Yoga Beneath the Surface, with David Hurwitz
• Basic Tenets of Patanjala Yoga
Ramaswamis's books give a broad view of yoga as practice, philosophy and a way of life.