Sri Swami Satchidananda, Integral Yoga Founder Leave a comment
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Swami Satchidanada taught Dean Ornish, Sharron Gannon and David Life, Alice Coltrane, John Fahey, Allen Ginsberg, Jeff Goldblum, Carol King, and many others. But most importantly, his yoga classes on West End Avenue were designed to be financially available, so people with very little money (like me at that time) could take class.
These early classes preceded today’s yoga industry- there was no such thing as yoga pants, yoga blocks, or even yoga mats. Students brought a towel, which they place on a carpet, or rented a towel for 25 cents, if they wanted, and practiced asanas on the towel.
“If they wanted.” Many this is one of the most important yoga concepts, and Swami Satchidananda and his teachers certainly practiced it. There was no coercion. People were invited, not ordered, to practice yoga at whatever level was right for the individual.
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