However powerful or disturbing something may appear to be, it is our reaction to it that determines its effects. - T.K.V. Desikachar

Desikachar helps us realize that what is essential in the practice of yoga is the breath because each pose, each movement, originates from there.

Taking an intelligent approach means working toward your goal step by step.

In 1939 and 1940, Krishnamacharya was visited by a French medical team who wanted to verify that an experienced yogi could deliberately stop his heartbeat. For Śrī Krishnamacharya, this muchmarvelled-at examination was a rather bothersome demonstration, one that he undertook out of feeling responsible to validate yoga in the eyes of the skeptical scientific world.