Friday, February 18, 2011

Most boring blog ever? Nooo!!! Presenting: a flow-chart history of yoga. I know, right?

This is great for us visual people, maybe a bit esoteric for those new to yoga, and just tickles me pink. :) 
Yoga Flow Chart by Alison Hinks (who totally inspires me with her website and her writing!).  So now the secret's out. Hannah likes the esoteric, the poetic, the visual, and hey, yoga.

So far as the names on this chart go, as a teacher, I consider myself most directly influenced by Donna Farhi and Judith Hanson Lasater, Rod Stryker and Gary Kraftsow. With the exception of Judith Lasater, this influence has been through books and recordings exclusively. As far as direct lineage goes, my teacher's teachers: I know that  Erin Geesaman has studied with Donna Farhi, Judith Lasater and Gary Kraftsow, as well as being a Vajrayana Buddhist and Feldenkrais practitioner. Peter Francyk has studied directly with many people in the Krishnamacharya lineage: Desikachar himself, Richard Freeman, David Swenson, Patabhi Jois, Chuck Miller & Maty Ezraty, also Rod Stryker and some names that I know but don't see on this chart and am not sure where to plug in. Might need a bigger chart. :) Shiva Rea is also in the Krishnamacharya lineage.

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