K. Pattabhi Jois

K. Pattabhi Jois
In the entrance of his institute in Mysore, India, 2006
Born(1915 -07-26)26 July 1915
Kowshika, Hassan, Kingdom of Mysore (now Karnataka, India)
Died18 May 2009(2009-05-18) (aged 93)
Mysore
OccupationYoga teacher
Known forAshtanga Vinyasa Yoga
SpouseSavitramma (Amma)
ChildrenSaraswathi Rangaswamy
Mañju
Ramesh
RelativesR. Sharath Jois (grandson)

K. Pattabhi Jois (26 July 1915[1] – 18 May 2009)[2] was an Indian yoga guru[3] who developed and popularized the flowing style of yoga as exercise known as Ashtanga vinyasa yoga.[a][4] In 1948, Jois established the Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute[5] in Mysore, India.[6] Pattabhi Jois is one of a short list of Indians instrumental in establishing modern yoga as exercise in the 20th century, along with B. K. S. Iyengar, another pupil of Krishnamacharya in Mysore.[7][8][9][10] Jois sexually abused some of his yoga students by touching inappropriately during adjustments.[11] Sharath Jois has publicly apologised for his grandfather's "improper adjustments".[12]

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  2. ^ "Pattabhi Jois passes into the ages". News.rediff.com. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  3. ^ Singleton, Mark; Goldberg, Ellen (2014). Gurus of Modern Yoga. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 107–121. ISBN 978-0199938728.
  4. ^ Broad, William (2012). The Science of Yoga: The Risks and the Rewards. New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 99. ISBN 9781451641424.
  5. ^ "The Institute". Shri K Pattabhi Jois Ashtanga Yoga Institute.
  6. ^ Anderson, Diane. "In Memoriam". Yoga Journal.
  7. ^ Rose, Kenneth (2016). Yoga, Meditation, and Mysticism: Contemplative Universals and Meditative Landmarks. New York: Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 94. ISBN 978-1472571687. Others on the list include "Swami Vivekananda, Paramahansa Yogananda, Swami Sivananda, Swami Vishnudevananda, Swami Satchidananda, B. K. S. Iyengar, and Indra Devi."
  8. ^ Wilkins, Robert (7 June 2009). "Obituary: K Pattabhi Jois". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  9. ^ "Pattabhi Jois". The Economist. 4 June 2009. Archived from the original on 3 December 2011.
  10. ^ Thurber, Jon (22 May 2009). "K. Pattabhi Jois, leading teacher of Ashtanga yoga, dies at 94". Los Angeles Times.
  11. ^ Cite error: The named reference YJ Staff 2018 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  12. ^ Cite error: The named reference Sharath 2019 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).


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