By TKV Desikachar
TKV Desikachar is the son of Sri Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, who lived to be over 100 years old and was one of the most well respected and well known yogis of the modern era. Desikachar lived and studied with the great master all his life and now teaches the full spectrum of Krishnamacharya's yoga. The core of this teaching is that practices must be continually adapted to the individuals changing needs to achieve the maximum beneficial effect. In The Heart of Yoga, Desikachar offers a distillation of his father's system as well as his own practical approach which he describes as "a program for the spine at every level - physical, mental and spiritual." He discusses poses and counterposes, conscious breathing, meditation and philosophy and shows how the yoga student may develop a practice tailored to his or her current state of health, age, occupation and lifestyle.
