{"id":835,"date":"2012-10-05T07:51:12","date_gmt":"2012-10-05T02:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/?p=835"},"modified":"2013-08-17T20:19:07","modified_gmt":"2013-08-17T14:49:07","slug":"interview-with-shubha-krishnamacharya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/2012\/10\/05\/interview-with-shubha-krishnamacharya\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Shubha Krishnamacharya"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_840\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-840\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/subbha_krishnamacharya11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"840\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/2012\/10\/05\/interview-with-shubha-krishnamacharya\/subbha_krishnamacharya1-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/subbha_krishnamacharya11.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Shubha Krishnamacharya\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Shubha Krishnamacharya&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Shubha Krishnamacharya&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/subbha_krishnamacharya11.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/subbha_krishnamacharya11.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-840\" title=\"Shubha Krishnamacharya\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/subbha_krishnamacharya11.jpg\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-840\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shubha Krishnamacharya<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><strong>Attending the film premiere of \u201c<a title=\"Der Atmende Gott\" href=\"http:\/\/www.deratmendegott.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Der atmende Gott<\/a>\u201d or &#8220;<a title=\"Breath of the Gods\" href=\"http:\/\/www.breathofthegods.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Breath of the Gods<\/a>&#8221; in Berlin were T.K. Sribhashyam and Srishubha, son and daughter of T. Krichnamacharya. We were able to join them in a 2-hour workshop and meet with Shubha for a relaxed interview. Here are some highlights:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>During T. Krishnamacharya&#8217;s time there was no real sense within the family that he was doing something extraordinary. Yoga was a relic of a forgotten past. He taught yoga, mostly in 1:1 sessions. \u00a0Interestingly, if Shubha was asked by her schoolmates in Mysore about her father&#8217;s profession she would say: \u201cHe is a professor in philosophy\u201d rather than \u201cHe is a Yoga teacher\u201d. This story is very similar to the experience of his disciple B.K.S. Iyengar (Srishubha\u2019s uncle). \u00a0In the early years, B.K.S. Iyengar was not able to make a living by teaching yoga. \u00a0He gave between 10,000 and 15,000 demonstrations to raise awareness of yoga, which is now a mass movement. Srishubha told us, \u201cI cannot believe this \u2013 when my father started there was nothing.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cYoga is a very personal experience, you have to do it for yourself, you have to feel what you are doing&#8230; It is not the sweating, or not sweating, (in India) it is not the physical thing we are concentrated on, we concentrate more on mental. In India it is more of a 1:1 style, I teach you once a week, and afterward you practice alone,\u201d says Shubha. This 1:1 style is still the core of the teaching philosophy at the <a title=\"Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yoga.in\/centers\/krishnamacharya-yoga-mandiram-41.html\" target=\"_blank\">Krichnamacharya Yoga Mandiram centre in Chennai<\/a> (one of the top centres in our new <a title=\"Yoga In India\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yoga.in\/books\/yoga-in-india\/\" target=\"_blank\">yoga book<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cThe essence of my father&#8217;s teaching was always the coordination of movement and breath,\u201d \u2013 today a well accepted statement in most styles of yoga. \u201cBreath controls the mind, and asana and breathing come together. The aim is to be mentally present, not only physically.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cThe course you decide depends on age,&#8221; says Shubha. In India, yoga is for all ages, young and old. This is an aspect of yoga we hope will increase in the West as well.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cLet us make the breathing longer, so we can live longer, \u201c says Shubha. The lungs get better exercise which seems to be at least part of the secret as to why some yogis reach such an old age. According to some yogis we have only a fixed amount of breaths in our lives, so if we breathe longer, we live longer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cYoga is very much about concentration. The coordination of movement and awareness makes the difference.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cSweating is the result of physical exercise. Yoga is both, mind and body.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Yoga.in: \u201cWhat would you say to someone as to why he should come to India to experience yoga?\u201d<br \/>\nShubha: \u201cMy father would say it is the \u2018gurukulam style\u2019&#8230; Let us at least dream of that. It is a way of life, it is not just one or two hours of you doing yoga&#8230; My father used to do, we used to follow. He did not tell what to do. We did not do any research. Is this good, is this bad? It was a total surrender&#8230;\u201c<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Yoga.in: \u201cWhy did P. Jois, Desikachar and Iyengar create different yoga styles, even if they were educated in total surrender and gurukula style?\u201d<br \/>\nShubha: \u00a0\u201cWhen it is an individual class, we close the doors. What my sister has learned is not automatically what I have learned.\u201c This means that the Krishnamacharya style of teaching is a 1:1 teacher\/student ratio (at the absolute maximum it is 1:2 if the students are from the same family), so each student is taught yoga based on their personal needs, abilities and limitations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cIn India it is very uncommon to ask a question. Now it has become popular, but before not. Now I would like to ask my father many questions, and one of them would even be \u2018What is yoga for you?\u2019 \u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_845\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-845\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/subbha_krishnamacharya21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"845\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/2012\/10\/05\/interview-with-shubha-krishnamacharya\/subbha_krishnamacharya2-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/subbha_krishnamacharya21.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Shubha Krishnamacharya\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Shubha Krishnamacharya&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Shubha Krishnamacharya&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/subbha_krishnamacharya21.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/subbha_krishnamacharya21.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-845\" title=\"Shubha Krishnamacharya\" alt=\"Shubha Krishnamacharya\" src=\"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/subbha_krishnamacharya21.jpg?w=225\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-845\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shubha Krishnamacharya<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Many thanks to Shubha Krishnamacharya for her time and for sharing with us her insightful experiences.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attending the film premiere of \u201cDer atmende Gott\u201d or &#8220;Breath of the Gods&#8221; in Berlin were T.K. 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