8/6/2019 Yoga Gurus

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If you hadthe chanceto meetsome of theworld’s mostenlightenedyoga masters,what wouldyou askthem? What

would you wish to know? InYoga Gurus you will have someof your questions and answersrealised. For instance: what isyoga?

Filmed on location in Indiaat Rishikesh in the lap of theHimalayas, and in Mysore in thefar south, Yoga Gurus includesspectacular scenery of the holy riverthe Ganges, and interviews withsome of the world’s top gurus in

 yoga about the purpose of physicalasanas vs. the spiritual aspects.

Developing perfect posture andbalance is just the rst step for

these yoga gurus. The physical yogapractice of the body, yogasana, is

 just the beginning of the journeyinto the depths of the inner soul.

 The movie also takes you to theancient source of yoga, whereHimalayan yogis, saints and holymen spend a lifetime of meditationand austere yoga practice to ndenlightenment or self-realisation.

Understanding who you arewithout any external gratifcation

is the ultimate goal of a yogiand will lead to a lifetime of 

happiness.

Yoga Gurus features words of  wisdom from teachers of Ashtangaand Hatha Yoga, Kundalini Yoga,

 Jivamukti and the yoga of devotion,Bhakti Yoga and India’s mostrevered spiritual saint and yogaguru, Pujya Swamiji. The followingYoga masters are featured:

• Sharath - Ashtanga • Yogacharya Venkatesha - Hatha 

• Gurmukh- Kundalini

• Gabriela Bozac- Jivamukti

• Shyamdas- Bhakti

• Bhavani Kalan- Vinyasa 

• Hikaru Hashimoto- Shinto Yoga

One of the many benets of  watching this movie, is that you areprivy to information that you would

ordinarily only receive from your yoga teacher, or through books, and you are getting this from some of thebest in the world.

Yoga Gurus is superbly scriptedand lmed by Jon Braeley whosepersonal interest in the subject has

HH Swamiji Saraswati is one•of India’s most revered saintsand spiritual leaders. He ispresident of Parmarth Niketan,

a major Yoga Ashram inRishikesh and teaches “Body,Mind and Spirit and Soul”Yoga.

Sharath is the grandson of •Pattabhi Jois, one of Yoga’smost important teachers. Heruns the Ashtanga school inMysore and travels the worldteaching.

Yogacharya Venkatesha is•another leading Yoga teacher in Mysore, India. A Hatha Yoga

master, his school is verypopular with foreign students.

Gurmukh is America’s top•Kundalini master and runsthe largest Yoga school in theworld with 5,000 students. Her style and brand of teaching isunique, and her insight andwisdom is worthy of a moviein itself.

Dr David Frawley is a leading•author and a recognised expertin Vedic and Yoga teaching. Hehas received major awards and

accolades in India for his work.

Shyamdas is a musician,•scholar and Bhakti Yoga master of the devotional practice. Withmany books and music CD’sto his credit, he is sought after by leading Yoga institutions allover the world.

Gabriela Bozic runs a large•Jivamukti Yoga centre inGermany. She is a leadingexpert in the hatha style of Yoga and travels worldwide toteach at seminars.

Bhavini Kalan is a Vinyasa•Yoga teacher and has trainedwith all the top masters inMysore, including Pattabhi Joisand Srivatsa Ramaswami.

Hikaru Hashimoto founded the•Shinto Yoga style in Japan andis a top Hatha Yoga master. HisAssociation currently runs morethan 700 classes throughoutJapan.

About the Yoga Gurus

obviously guided him to not onlyseek out the best yoga practitioners,but also to ask questions whichbring out aspects of yoga notavailable elsewhere. As a viewer youalso feel guided to become a betterperson - in both mind and body.

 This documentary is aimedat both beginner and advancedpracticioners of Yoga, as wellas anyone who is interested infurthering their knowledge of eastern philosophy and culture.