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Health, Healing, and Beyond: Yoga and the Living Tradition of T. Krishnamacharya


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Health, Healing, and Beyond: Yoga and the Living Tradition of T. Krishnamacharya

Contributors:

By (Author) R H Cravens
By (author) T.K.V. Desikachar

ISBN:

9780865477520

Publisher:

Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc

Imprint:

Faber and Faber Inc

Publication Date:

15th October 2011

Country:

United States

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Dewey:

181.45

Physical Properties

Number of Pages:

224

Dimensions:

Width 230mm, Height 18mm, Spine 155mm

Description

The much-sought-after, greatly beloved exploration of the work of Krishnamacharya, teacher of many of twentieth-century yoga's greatest and most influential exponents, "Health, Healing, and Beyond "is filled with deep wisdom an indispensable guide to the philosophy, principles, and limitless possibilities of yoga. First published in 1998, it is now available again to yogis, students, and teacher trainees everywhere."

Author Bio

T.K.V. Desikachar, Krishnamacharya's son and longtime student, is one of the world's foremost teachers of yoga. A renowned authority on the therapeutic uses of yoga, he is the founder of the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram and the cofounder of the Krishnamacharya Healing and Yoga Foundation, both of which are based in Chennai.R.H. Cravens was born in Salinas, Kansas, in 1940. His early career included stints at the Associated Press and Time/Life Books, as well as speechwriting for the United Nations. He had a long affiliation with the fine art photography publisher Aperture, as both a writer and a contributing editor. Cravens died in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in April 2009.

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