{"id":430,"date":"2009-05-18T11:44:53","date_gmt":"2009-05-18T11:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/freshliving\/2009\/05\/sri-k-pattabhi-jois-ashtanga-yogas-founder-rip.html"},"modified":"2009-05-18T11:44:53","modified_gmt":"2009-05-18T11:44:53","slug":"sri-k-pattabhi-jois-ashtanga-yogas-founder-rip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/freshliving\/2009\/05\/sri-k-pattabhi-jois-ashtanga-yogas-founder-rip.html","title":{"rendered":"Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, Ashtanga Yoga’s Founder, RIP"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\"jois2.jpg\"<\/span>We just got the word about the death of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois<\/em> <\/a>at the age of 94. Jois <\/a>founded Ashtanga yoga, and was a major force in bringing yoga to the West. His teacher, Sri Tirumalai Krishnamacharya<\/a> transmitted an ancient lineage of yoga teachings through Jois. <\/p>\n

This is no doubt a sad day for Guruji’s many devoted students throughout the world. Here is the smallest sampling of his vast, loving widom:<\/p>\n

“Do your practice and all is coming.”<\/p>\n

“If we practice the science of yoga, which is useful to the entire human community and which yields happiness both here and hereafter – if we practice it without fail, we will then attain physical, mental, and spiritual happiness, and our minds will flood towards the Self.” <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/font> (To keep up to date, here is the Twitter feed<\/a> of people talking about the death of Pattabhi Jois<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Have you ever studied Ashtanga yoga?<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong> <\/p>\n

[Image via: http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Sri-K-Pattabhi-Jois\/32384907177<\/a>]<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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