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Pattabhi Jois</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Guruji_white.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Guruji_white.jpg/220px-Guruji_white.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="331" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Guruji_white.jpg/330px-Guruji_white.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Guruji_white.jpg/440px-Guruji_white.jpg 2x" data-file-width="567" data-file-height="853" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">In the entrance of his institute in Mysore, India, 2006</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1915 -07-26</span>)</span>26 July 1915<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace">Kowshika, <a href="/wiki/Hassan_district" title="Hassan district">Hassan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Mysore" title="Kingdom of Mysore">Kingdom of Mysore</a> (now <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a>, India)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">18 May 2009<span style="display:none">(2009-05-18)</span> (aged 93)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Mysore" title="Mysore">Mysore</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Yoga teacher</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ashtanga_Vinyasa_Yoga" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga">Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Savitramma (Amma)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">Saraswathi Rangaswamy<br /> Mañju <br /> Ramesh</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/R._Sharath_Jois" title="R. Sharath Jois">R. Sharath Jois</a> (grandson)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>K. Pattabhi Jois</b> (26 July 1915<sup id="cite_ref-times_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-times-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – 18 May 2009)<sup id="cite_ref-rediff_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rediff-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was an Indian <a href="/wiki/Modern_yoga_gurus" title="Modern yoga gurus">yoga guru</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who developed and popularized the <a href="/wiki/Vinyasa" class="mw-redirect" title="Vinyasa">flowing</a> style of <a href="/wiki/Yoga_as_exercise" title="Yoga as exercise">yoga as exercise</a> known as <a href="/wiki/Ashtanga_(vinyasa)_yoga" title="Ashtanga (vinyasa) yoga">Ashtanga (vinyasa) yoga</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1948, Jois established the Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in <a href="/wiki/Mysore" title="Mysore">Mysore</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pattabhi Jois is one of a short list of Indians instrumental in establishing modern <a href="/wiki/Yoga_as_exercise" title="Yoga as exercise">yoga as exercise</a> in the 20th century, along with <a href="/wiki/B._K._S._Iyengar" title="B. K. S. Iyengar">B. K. S. Iyengar</a>, another pupil of <a href="/wiki/Krishnamacharya" class="mw-redirect" title="Krishnamacharya">Krishnamacharya</a> in Mysore.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Economist_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Economist-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jois <a href="/wiki/Sexual_abuse_by_yoga_gurus" title="Sexual abuse by yoga gurus">sexually abused some of his yoga students</a> by touching inappropriately during adjustments.<sup id="cite_ref-YJ_Staff_2018_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-YJ_Staff_2018-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Sharath_Jois" class="mw-redirect" title="Sharath Jois">Sharath Jois</a> has publicly apologised for his grandfather's "improper adjustments".<sup id="cite_ref-Sharath_2019_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sharath_2019-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._Pattabhi_Jois&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_life">Early life</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._Pattabhi_Jois&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Krishna Pattabhi Jois was born in a Kannada Hindu family<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on 26 July 1915 (<i><a href="/wiki/Guru_Purnima" title="Guru Purnima">Guru Pūrṇimā</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Full_moon" title="Full moon">full moon</a> day) in the village of Kowshika,<sup id="cite_ref-churumuriRIP_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-churumuriRIP-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> near <a href="/wiki/Hassan_district" title="Hassan district">Hassan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a>, South India. Jois's father was an <a href="/wiki/Hindu_astrology" title="Hindu astrology">astrologer</a>, priest, and landholder. His mother took care of the house and the nine children - five girls and four boys - of whom Pattabhi Jois was the fifth. From the age of five, he was instructed in Sanskrit and rituals by his father, which is standard training for <a href="/wiki/Hindu" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu">Hindu</a> boys. No one else in his family learned yoga.<sup id="cite_ref-Stern,_Eddie_2002_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stern,_Eddie_2002-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Education">Education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._Pattabhi_Jois&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1927, at the age of 12, Jois attended a lecture and demonstration at the Jubilee Hall<sup id="cite_ref-mysorean_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mysorean-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in <a href="/wiki/Hassan,_Karnataka" title="Hassan, Karnataka">Hassan, Karnataka</a> by <a href="/wiki/Tirumalai_Krishnamacharya" title="Tirumalai Krishnamacharya">T. Krishnamacharya</a><sup id="cite_ref-raghuram_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-raghuram-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and became his student the next day. He stayed in Kowshika for two years and practiced with Krishnamacharya every day.<sup id="cite_ref-Stern,_Eddie_2002_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stern,_Eddie_2002-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1930, Jois ran away from home to <a href="/wiki/Mysore" title="Mysore">Mysore</a> to study <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a>, with 2 rupees.<sup id="cite_ref-times_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-times-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nyt_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Around the same time Krishnamacharya departed Hassan to teach elsewhere. Two years later, Jois was reunited with Krishnamacharya, who had also made his way to Mysore. During this time, the <a href="/wiki/Maharaja" title="Maharaja">Maharaja</a> of Mysore, <a href="/wiki/Krishna_Raja_Wadiyar_IV" title="Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV">Krishna Rajendra Wodeyar</a>, had become seriously ill and it is said that Krishnamacharya had healed him, through yoga, where others had failed. The Maharaja became Krishnamacharya's patron and established a yogaśala for him at the <a href="/wiki/Jaganmohan_Palace" title="Jaganmohan Palace">Jaganmohan Palace</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jois often accompanied Krishnamacharya in demonstrations,<sup id="cite_ref-bakasana_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bakasana-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and occasionally assisted Krishnamacharya in class and taught in his absence.<sup id="cite_ref-Stern_2002_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stern_2002-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jois studied with Krishnamacharya from 1927 to 1929 in his own village, and then in Mysore from 1932 to 1953.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He studied texts such as Patañjali's <i><a href="/wiki/Yoga_Sutras_of_Patanjali" title="Yoga Sutras of Patanjali">Yoga Sūtra</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Hatha_Yoga_Pradipika" title="Hatha Yoga Pradipika">Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā</a></i>, <i>Yoga Yajñavalkya</i> and the <i><a href="/wiki/Upanishads" title="Upanishads">Upaniṣads</a>.</i><sup id="cite_ref-thehindu_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thehindu-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1924 Krishnamacharya supposedly researched an ancient text which he called the <i><a href="/wiki/Yoga_Korunta" title="Yoga Korunta">Yoga Korunta</a></i>; he described this as badly damaged and with many missing portions,<sup id="cite_ref-Stern_2002_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stern_2002-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and claimed he had learned the text from a teacher named Rama Mohan Brahmachari on a supposed seven-year stay in the Himalayas.<sup id="cite_ref-Singleton_2010_pp184-186_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Singleton_2010_pp184-186-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jois began his studies with Krishnamacharya in 1927 and was taught what Krishnamacharya called the <i>Yoga Korunta</i> method.<sup id="cite_ref-Stern_2002_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stern_2002-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An entire system of practices including <a href="/wiki/Pranayama" title="Pranayama">pranayama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bandha_(yoga)" title="Bandha (yoga)">bandhas</a>, (core muscular and energetic locks) and <a href="/wiki/Drishti_(yoga)" title="Drishti (yoga)">drishti</a> (visual focal points) were included along with <a href="/wiki/%C4%80sana" class="mw-redirect" title="Āsana">āsanas</a> (postures) and <a href="/wiki/Viny%C4%81sa" title="Vinyāsa">vinyāsas</a> (connecting movements), defining the method that Jois went on to teach.<sup id="cite_ref-Sjoman_1999_49_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sjoman_1999_49-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jois stated that he had never seen the text;<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Stern_2002_22-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stern_2002-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> its authenticity is impossible to validate as no copy has ever been seen by scholars.<sup id="cite_ref-Singleton_2010_pp184-186_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Singleton_2010_pp184-186-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A major component of Ashtanga Yoga absent from Krishnamacharya's early teachings was <a href="/wiki/Surya_Namaskar" class="mw-redirect" title="Surya Namaskar">Surya Namaskar</a>, the Sun Salutation. However, Surya Namaskar already existed, and Krishnamacharya was aware of it in the 1930s, as it was being taught, as exercise rather than as yoga, in the hall next to his <i>Yogaśala</i> in the Mysore palace.<sup id="cite_ref-Singleton_2010_pp203-206_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Singleton_2010_pp203-206-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sjoman_1999_49_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sjoman_1999_49-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Career">Career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._Pattabhi_Jois&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Ashtanga_(vinyasa)_yoga" title="Ashtanga (vinyasa) yoga">Ashtanga (vinyasa) yoga</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sanskrit_College_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Sanskrit_College_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Sanskrit_College_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="205" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Sanskrit_College_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Sanskrit_College_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Sanskrit_College_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Sanskrit_College_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1944" data-file-height="1809" /></a><figcaption>Jois taught yoga at the Sanskrit College, Mysore from 1937 to 1973.<sup id="cite_ref-huffington_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-huffington-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Maharaja" title="Maharaja">Maharaja</a> of Mysore sometimes attended classes when Jois was assisting, and offered Jois a teaching position at the Sanskrit College in Mysore with a salary, scholarship to the college and room and board.<sup id="cite_ref-Stern_2002_22-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stern_2002-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jois held a yoga teaching position at the Sanskrit College<sup id="cite_ref-bakasana_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bakasana-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from 1937 to 1973,<sup id="cite_ref-huffington_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-huffington-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> becoming <i>vidwan</i> (professor) in 1956,<sup id="cite_ref-huffington_30-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-huffington-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as being Honorary Professor of Yoga at the Government College of Indian Medicine from 1976 to 1978.<sup id="cite_ref-thehindu_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thehindu-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1948, Jois established the Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute at their home in Lakshmipuram.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1964 he built an extension in the back of the house for a yoga hall.<sup id="cite_ref-Stern,_Eddie_2002_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stern,_Eddie_2002-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1964, a <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgian</a> named <a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Van_Lysebeth" title="André Van Lysebeth">André Van Lysebeth</a> spent two months with Jois learning the primary and intermediate series of the <a href="/wiki/Ashtanga_Vinyasa_Yoga" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga">Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga</a> system. Not long afterward, van Lysebeth wrote the book <i>J'apprends le Yoga</i> (1967, English title: <i>Yoga Self-Taught</i>) which mentioned Jois and included his address. This brought Westerners to Mysore to study yoga.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sjoman_1999_49_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sjoman_1999_49-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first Americans came, after Jois's son Manju demonstrated yoga at Swami Gitananda's ashram in <a href="/wiki/Pondicherry" title="Pondicherry">Pondicherry</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Stern,_Eddie_2002_16-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stern,_Eddie_2002-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To accommodate the increasing number of students, he opened a new school in Gokulam in 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-Donahue_2012_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Donahue_2012-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jois continued to teach at the Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute in <a href="/wiki/Mysore" title="Mysore">Mysore</a>, now in the neighbourhood of Gokulam,<sup id="cite_ref-churumuriRIP_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-churumuriRIP-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with his only daughter Saraswathi Rangaswamy (b. 1941) and his grandson Sharath for the rest of his life.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He published the book <i>Yoga Mālā</i>, in <a href="/wiki/Kannada" title="Kannada">Kannada</a> in 1958; an English translation appeared in 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-latimes_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-latimes-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His first trip to the West was in 1974, to South America, to deliver a lecture in Sanskrit at an international yoga conference.<sup id="cite_ref-huffington_30-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-huffington-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1975 he stayed for four months in <a href="/wiki/Encinitas" class="mw-redirect" title="Encinitas">Encinitas</a>, California, marking the beginning of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga in America.<sup id="cite_ref-latimes_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-latimes-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <b>Norman Allen</b>, one of his first western students, collaborated with Jois on his trips to America.<sup id="cite_ref-Pizer_2019_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pizer_2019-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He had said on many occasions that there might be only twenty or thirty students practising Ashtanga Yoga in America then, but, 'gradually, gradually, in twenty years, it will be fully spreading'.<sup id="cite_ref-Stern,_Eddie_2002_16-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stern,_Eddie_2002-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He returned to the US several times over the next 20 years, to teach yoga at Encinitas and beyond.<sup id="cite_ref-latimes_34-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-latimes-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/Parampara" class="mw-redirect" title="Parampara">Parampara</a></i>, the passing of knowledge from teacher to pupil (traditionally, from guru to <i><a href="/wiki/Shishya" class="mw-redirect" title="Shishya">shishya</a></i>), is said to lie at the heart of Jois's Ashtanga Yoga.<sup id="cite_ref-Byrne_2014_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Byrne_2014-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Teachers are certified through many years of daily practice and extended trips to Mysore, India, to become authorized "lineage holders".<sup id="cite_ref-Byrne_2014_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Byrne_2014-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Having studied under Krishnamacharya for many years, Jois expected the same from his students, creating among the most stringent requirements anywhere in <a href="/wiki/Yoga_teacher_training" title="Yoga teacher training">yoga teacher training</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Byrne_2014_36-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Byrne_2014-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Family_life">Family life</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._Pattabhi_Jois&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Family life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On the full moon of June 1933, when Jois was 18 years old, he married Savitramma,<sup id="cite_ref-nyt_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who affectionately came to be known as Amma by Pattabhi Jois's family and students alike. They had three children: Saraswathi, Mañju and Ramesh.<sup id="cite_ref-kpjayi-kpj_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kpjayi-kpj-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ayny-guruji_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ayny-guruji-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1948, with the help of his students, Jois purchased a home in the section of town called Lakshmipuram. According to <a href="/wiki/Tim_Miller_(yoga_teacher)" title="Tim Miller (yoga teacher)">Tim Miller</a>, Jois continued to practice asanas until his son Ramesh committed suicide when Jois was in his early 60s.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Re-evaluation">Re-evaluation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._Pattabhi_Jois&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Re-evaluation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Criticisms">Criticisms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._Pattabhi_Jois&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Criticisms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to <a href="/wiki/B.K.S._Iyengar" class="mw-redirect" title="B.K.S. Iyengar">B.K.S. Iyengar</a>, Jois was assigned to teach <a href="/wiki/Asana" title="Asana">asana</a> at the Sanskrit Pathshala when Krishnamacharya's yogaśala was opened in 1933, and was "never a regular student".<sup id="cite_ref-Singleton_2010_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Singleton_2010-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Iyengar_2000_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Iyengar_2000-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jois claimed he was <a href="/wiki/B._K._S._Iyengar" title="B. K. S. Iyengar">B. K. S. Iyengar</a>'s teacher, although Iyengar has denied this, and the two men's yoga systems are different; both were taught by Krishnamacharya.<sup id="cite_ref-name=Sjoman_1999_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-name=Sjoman_1999-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The obituary in <i>The Economist</i> questioned Jois's adherence to the yogic principle of <a href="/wiki/Ahimsa" title="Ahimsa">ahimsa</a> or non-violence, writing that "a good number of Mr Jois's students seemed constantly to be limping around with injured knees or backs because they had received his "adjustments", yanking them into Lotus, the splits or a backbend."<sup id="cite_ref-Economist_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Economist-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Adjustments by Jois have been characterized as "overwhelming, producing fear and extreme discomfort in students as they are pushed beyond their physical and psychological comfort zones in often-difficult, even dangerous asana."<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sexual_abuse">Sexual abuse</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._Pattabhi_Jois&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Sexual abuse"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Sexual_abuse_by_yoga_gurus" title="Sexual abuse by yoga gurus">Sexual abuse by yoga gurus</a></div> <p><i><a href="/wiki/The_Economist" title="The Economist">The Economist</a></i> obituary questioned Jois's adherence to the yogic principle of <a href="/wiki/Brahmacharya" title="Brahmacharya">brahmacharya</a> or sexual continence, and made the accusation that some students received different "adjustments";<sup id="cite_ref-Economist_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Economist-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> further evidence and accusations soon emerged in 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-Elephant_Journal_2009_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Elephant_Journal_2009-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-YogaDork_2009_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-YogaDork_2009-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2010, it became public knowledge that Jois had systematically <a href="/wiki/Sexual_abuse_by_yoga_gurus" title="Sexual abuse by yoga gurus">sexually abused some of his female and male yoga students</a>, both in Mysore and during his travels, until his death in 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-early_abuse_reports_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-early_abuse_reports-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some of this was straightforward sexual abuse, some under the guise of "adjustments" and sometimes under the guise of "welcoming" and "saying goodbye" to students.<sup id="cite_ref-YJ_Staff_2018_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-YJ_Staff_2018-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-more_abuse_refs_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-more_abuse_refs-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The number of victims is unknown, but women and men have described their experiences of abuse, with video and photographic evidence.<sup id="cite_ref-multiple_abuse_experiences_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-multiple_abuse_experiences-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some well known Ashtanga Yoga teachers have come forward to corroborate the accusations.<sup id="cite_ref-well-known_witnesses_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-well-known_witnesses-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2019, <a href="/wiki/R._Sharath_Jois" title="R. Sharath Jois">R. Sharath Jois</a> published an acknowledgement of his sadness over his grandfather's conduct, apologising to the students concerned, and encouraging them to forgive his grandfather. "It brings me immense pain that I also witnessed him giving improper adjustments", Sharath wrote.<sup id="cite_ref-Sharath_2019_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sharath_2019-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legacy">Legacy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._Pattabhi_Jois&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the early 21st century, Jois's grandson, <a href="/wiki/R._Sharath_Jois" title="R. Sharath Jois">R. Sharath Jois</a>, led the Ashtanga Yoga community as director of the K. Pattabhi Jois Ashtanga Yoga Institute (KPJAYI) in Mysore.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jois's organization Sonima often provides organizational support to Sharath's world tours, and produces online programs that provide supplementary teaching tools for Ashtanga. Jois's daughter, Saraswathi, and granddaughter, Sharmila, run a yoga school in Mysore and travel the world on teaching tours.<sup id="cite_ref-Byrne_2014_36-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Byrne_2014-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A student, David Life, co-founder of <a href="/wiki/Jivamukti_Yoga" title="Jivamukti Yoga">Jivamukti Yoga</a>, has said of Jois, "He was not a monk or a renunciate; he was fearless about combining the path of yogi with the path of participant. He never saw it as separate from our lives. He thought that anyone could attain to yoga if they had the desire and the enthusiasm."<sup id="cite_ref-Fortini_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fortini-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A 2006 film <i><a href="/wiki/Guru_(2006_film)" title="Guru (2006 film)">Guru</a></i> was made about him by Robert Wilkins.<sup id="cite_ref-movie_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-movie-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._Pattabhi_Jois&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Jois, Pattabhi (1999; revised ed. 2012). <i>Yoga Mala.</i> New York: North Point Press. <style 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://yogadork.com/news/good-touch-bad-touch-gurus-power-and-adjusting-vs-groping-on-the-yoga-mat/">the original</a> on 23 September 2011.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=YogaDork&rft.atitle=Good+Touch%2C+Bad+Touch%3A+Gurus%2C+Power%2C+and+Adjusting+vs.+Groping+on+the+Yoga+Mat&rft.date=2010-12-09&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fyogadork.com%2Fnews%2Fgood-touch-bad-touch-gurus-power-and-adjusting-vs-groping-on-the-yoga-mat%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AK.+Pattabhi+Jois" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1">Lucas, Anneke. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.webcitation.org/6FRDM204p?url=http://yogacitynyc.com/articles/WeeklyDetails/294">"The Question of Gurus: Who's Got The Power?"</a>. YogaCity NYC. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 February</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Walrus&rft.atitle=Yoga%27s+Culture+of+Sexual+Abuse%3A+Nine+Women+Tell+Their+Stories&rft.aulast=Remski&rft.aufirst=Matthew&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fthewalrus.ca%2Fyogas-culture-of-sexual-abuse-nine-women-tell-their-stories%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AK.+Pattabhi+Jois" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Remski" title="Matthew Remski">Remski, Matthew</a> (2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://embodiedwisdom.pub/product/practice/"><i>Practice and All Is Coming</i></a>. Embodied Wisdom Publishing.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Practice+and+All+Is+Coming&rft.pub=Embodied+Wisdom+Publishing&rft.date=2021&rft.aulast=Remski&rft.aufirst=Matthew&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fembodiedwisdom.pub%2Fproduct%2Fpractice%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AK.+Pattabhi+Jois" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </span></li> <li id="cite_note-more_abuse_refs-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-more_abuse_refs_47-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The many sources for this include: <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1">Priest, Genny Willkinson (13 November 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.yogajournal.com/lifestyle/sexual-assault-in-the-ashtanga-yoga-community">"Sexual Assault in the Ashtanga Yoga Community: A Mea Culpa"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Yoga_Journal" title="Yoga Journal">Yoga Journal</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Sexual+Assault+in+the+Ashtanga+Yoga+Community%3A+A+Mea+Culpa&rft.pub=Yoga+Journal&rft.date=2018-11-13&rft.aulast=Priest&rft.aufirst=Genny+Willkinson&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.yogajournal.com%2Flifestyle%2Fsexual-assault-in-the-ashtanga-yoga-community&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AK.+Pattabhi+Jois" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">Griswold, Eliza (23 July 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/yoga-reconsiders-the-role-of-the-guru-in-the-age-of-metoo">"Yoga Reconsiders the Role of the Guru in the Age of #MeToo"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Yoga+Reconsiders+the+Role+of+the+Guru+in+the+Age+of+%23MeToo&rft.date=2019-07-23&rft.aulast=Griswold&rft.aufirst=Eliza&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newyorker.com%2Fnews%2Fnews-desk%2Fyoga-reconsiders-the-role-of-the-guru-in-the-age-of-metoo&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AK.+Pattabhi+Jois" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1">Rain, Karen; Cooke, Jubilee. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://yogainternational.com/article/view/how-to-respond-to-sexual-abuse-within-a-yoga-or-spiritual-community/">"How to Respond to Sexual Abuse Within a Yoga or Spiritual Community"</a>. Yoga International<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 November</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=How+to+Respond+to+Sexual+Abuse+Within+a+Yoga+or+Spiritual+Community&rft.pub=Yoga+International&rft.aulast=Rain&rft.aufirst=Karen&rft.au=Cooke%2C+Jubilee&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fyogainternational.com%2Farticle%2Fview%2Fhow-to-respond-to-sexual-abuse-within-a-yoga-or-spiritual-community%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AK.+Pattabhi+Jois" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">Rosman, Katherine (8 November 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/08/style/yoga-touch-consent-harassment.html">"Yoga Is Finally Facing Consent and Unwanted Touch"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Yoga+Is+Finally+Facing+Consent+and+Unwanted+Touch&rft.date=2019-11-08&rft.aulast=Rosman&rft.aufirst=Katherine&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2019%2F11%2F08%2Fstyle%2Fyoga-touch-consent-harassment.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AK.+Pattabhi+Jois" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </span></li> <li id="cite_note-multiple_abuse_experiences-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-multiple_abuse_experiences_48-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The many interviews and first-hand reports include: <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Remski" title="Matthew Remski">Remski, Matthew</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201205182755/https://matthewremski.com/wordpress/karen-rain-speaks-about-pattabhi-jois-and-recovering-from-sexual-and-spiritual-abuse-video-interview/">"Karen Rain Speaks About Pattabhi Jois and Recovering from Sexual and Spiritual Abuse – Video Interview"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://matthewremski.com/wordpress/karen-rain-speaks-about-pattabhi-jois-and-recovering-from-sexual-and-spiritual-abuse-video-interview/">the original</a> on 5 December 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">24 November</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Karen+Rain+Speaks+About+Pattabhi+Jois+and+Recovering+from+Sexual+and+Spiritual+Abuse+%E2%80%93+Video+Interview&rft.aulast=Remski&rft.aufirst=Matthew&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fmatthewremski.com%2Fwordpress%2Fkaren-rain-speaks-about-pattabhi-jois-and-recovering-from-sexual-and-spiritual-abuse-video-interview%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AK.+Pattabhi+Jois" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1">Rain, Karen (30 October 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://gen.medium.com/yoga-guru-pattabhi-jois-sexually-assaulted-me-for-years-48b3d04c9456">"Yoga Guru Pattabhi Jois Sexually Assaulted Me for Years"</a>. <i>Medium</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Medium&rft.atitle=Yoga+Guru+Pattabhi+Jois+Sexually+Assaulted+Me+for+Years&rft.date=2019-10-30&rft.aulast=Rain&rft.aufirst=Karen&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fgen.medium.com%2Fyoga-guru-pattabhi-jois-sexually-assaulted-me-for-years-48b3d04c9456&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AK.+Pattabhi+Jois" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1">Cooke, Jubilee (11 July 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://decolonizingyoga.com/why-didnt-somebody-warn-me-a-pattabhi-jois-metoo-story-jubilee-cooke/">"Why Didn't Somebody Warn Me? A Pattabhi Jois #MeToo Story"</a>. <i>Decolonizing Yoga</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Decolonizing+Yoga&rft.atitle=Why+Didn%27t+Somebody+Warn+Me%3F+A+Pattabhi+Jois+%23MeToo+Story&rft.date=2018-07-11&rft.aulast=Cooke&rft.aufirst=Jubilee&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdecolonizingyoga.com%2Fwhy-didnt-somebody-warn-me-a-pattabhi-jois-metoo-story-jubilee-cooke%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AK.+Pattabhi+Jois" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.yogacitynyc.com/single-post/2016/03/07/Why-The-Abused-Dont-Speak-Up">"Why The Abused Don't Speak Up"</a>. <i>YogaCity NYC</i>. 7 March 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">24 November</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=YogaCity+NYC&rft.atitle=Why+The+Abused+Don%27t+Speak+Up&rft.date=2016-03-07&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.yogacitynyc.com%2Fsingle-post%2F2016%2F03%2F07%2FWhy-The-Abused-Dont-Speak-Up&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AK.+Pattabhi+Jois" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://thewalrus.ca/yogas-culture-of-sexual-abuse-nine-women-tell-their-stories/">"Yoga's Culture of Sexual Abuse: Nine Women Tell Their Stories"</a>. <a href="/wiki/The_Walrus" title="The Walrus">The Walrus</a>. 25 April 2018.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Yoga%27s+Culture+of+Sexual+Abuse%3A+Nine+Women+Tell+Their+Stories&rft.pub=The+Walrus&rft.date=2018-04-25&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fthewalrus.ca%2Fyogas-culture-of-sexual-abuse-nine-women-tell-their-stories%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AK.+Pattabhi+Jois" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Remski" title="Matthew Remski">Remski, Matthew</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://matthewremski.com/wordpress/pattabhi-jois-sexually-assaulted-men-photo-evidence/">"Pattabhi Jois Sexually Assaulted Men: Photo Evidence"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">24 November</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Pattabhi+Jois+Sexually+Assaulted+Men%3A+Photo+Evidence&rft.aulast=Remski&rft.aufirst=Matthew&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fmatthewremski.com%2Fwordpress%2Fpattabhi-jois-sexually-assaulted-men-photo-evidence%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AK.+Pattabhi+Jois" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://karenrainashtangayogaandmetoo.wordpress.com/">"Karen Rain: Ashtanga Yoga and #MeToo"</a>. <i>Karen Rain: Ashtanga Yoga and #MeToo</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">24 November</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Karen+Rain%3A+Ashtanga+Yoga+and+%23MeToo&rft.atitle=Karen+Rain%3A+Ashtanga+Yoga+and+%23MeToo&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fkarenrainashtangayogaandmetoo.wordpress.com%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AK.+Pattabhi+Jois" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </span></li> <li id="cite_note-well-known_witnesses-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-well-known_witnesses_49-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Statements from Ashtanga Yoga teachers who witnessed abuse include: <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1">Harvey-Smith, Sarai (17 March 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://saraiyoga.wordpress.com/2018/03/17/the-sexual-misconduct-of-pattabhi-jois-my-thoughts-accountability-and-5-changes-to-pledge-my-support-for-the-victims/">"The Sexual Misconduct of Pattabhi Jois: My Thoughts, Accountability, and 5 Changes to Pledge my Support for the Victims"</a>. <i>Directions in Yoga</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">24 November</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Directions+in+Yoga&rft.atitle=The+Sexual+Misconduct+of+Pattabhi+Jois%3A+My+Thoughts%2C+Accountability%2C+and+5+Changes+to+Pledge+my+Support+for+the+Victims&rft.date=2018-03-17&rft.aulast=Harvey-Smith&rft.aufirst=Sarai&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fsaraiyoga.wordpress.com%2F2018%2F03%2F17%2Fthe-sexual-misconduct-of-pattabhi-jois-my-thoughts-accountability-and-5-changes-to-pledge-my-support-for-the-victims%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AK.+Pattabhi+Jois" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1">Maehle, Gregor. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jbrownyoga.com/yoga-talks-podcast/2018/11/gregor-maehle">"Truth and Reconciliation in Ashtanga Yoga"</a>. <i>J. 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Early</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Early_modern_yoga" title="Early modern yoga">Early modern yoga</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Swami_Vivekananda" title="Swami Vivekananda">Vivekananda</a></li> <li>1896 <i><a href="/wiki/Raja_Yoga_(book)" title="Raja Yoga (book)">Raja Yoga</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pierre_Bernard_(yogi)" title="Pierre Bernard (yogi)">Pierre Bernard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harmonic_Gymnastics" class="mw-redirect" title="Harmonic Gymnastics">Harmonial gymnastics/yoga</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marguerite_Agniel" title="Marguerite Agniel">Marguerite Agniel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Bagot_Stack" title="Mary Bagot Stack">Mary Bagot Stack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Genevieve_Stebbins" title="Genevieve Stebbins">Genevieve Stebbins</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Physical_culture" title="Physical culture">Physical culture</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bishnu_Charan_Ghosh" title="Bishnu Charan Ghosh">B. C. Ghosh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._V._Iyer" title="K. V. Iyer">K. V. Iyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seetharaman_Sundaram" title="Seetharaman Sundaram">Seetharaman Sundaram</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paramahansa_Yogananda" title="Paramahansa Yogananda">Paramahansa Yogananda</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Autobiography_of_a_Yogi" title="Autobiography of a Yogi">Autobiography of a Yogi</a></i></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Aspects</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hot_yoga" title="Hot yoga">Hot yoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Science_of_yoga" title="Science of yoga">Science of yoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sexual_abuse_by_yoga_gurus" title="Sexual abuse by yoga gurus">Sexual abuse by yoga gurus</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Remski" title="Matthew Remski">Matthew Remski</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoga_and_cultural_appropriation" title="Yoga and cultural appropriation">Yoga and cultural appropriation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoga_in_advertising" title="Yoga in advertising">In advertising</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoga_for_children" title="Yoga for children">For children</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoga_for_women" title="Yoga for women">For women</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Geeta_Iyengar" title="Geeta Iyengar">Geeta Iyengar</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoga_tourism" title="Yoga tourism">Yoga tourism</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_yoga_hybrids" title="List of yoga hybrids">Hybrids</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1938 <a href="/wiki/Naked_yoga" title="Naked yoga">Naked yoga</a></li> <li>1990 <a href="/wiki/Mindful_Yoga" title="Mindful Yoga">Mindful Yoga</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Jude_Boccio" title="Frank Jude Boccio">Frank Jude Boccio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Cushman" title="Anne Cushman">Anne Cushman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janice_Gates" title="Janice Gates">Janice Gates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jon_Kabat-Zinn" title="Jon Kabat-Zinn">Jon Kabat-Zinn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyndi_Lee" title="Cyndi Lee">Cyndi Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phillip_Moffitt" title="Phillip Moffitt">Phillip Moffitt</a></li></ul></li> <li>2003 <a href="/wiki/Acroyoga" title="Acroyoga">Acroyoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doga_(yoga)" title="Doga (yoga)">Doga</a></li> <li>2013 <a href="/wiki/Paddleboard_Yoga" title="Paddleboard Yoga">Paddleboard Yoga</a></li> <li>2014 <a href="/wiki/Aerial_yoga" title="Aerial yoga">Aerial yoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beer_yoga" title="Beer yoga">Beer yoga</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By country</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yoga_in_America" class="mw-redirect" title="Yoga in America">America</a> <ul><li>1961 <i><a href="/wiki/Richard_Hittleman" title="Richard Hittleman">Yoga for Health</a></i></li> <li>1970 <i><a href="/wiki/Lilias,_Yoga_and_You" title="Lilias, Yoga and You">Lilias, Yoga and You</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoga_in_Britain" title="Yoga in Britain">Britain</a> <ul><li>1976 <a href="/wiki/Lyn_Marshall" title="Lyn Marshall">Lyn Marshall</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoga_in_France" title="Yoga in France">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoga_in_Germany" title="Yoga in Germany">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postural_yoga_in_India" title="Postural yoga in India">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoga_in_Italy" title="Yoga in Italy">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoga_in_Russia" title="Yoga in Russia">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoga_in_Sweden" title="Yoga in Sweden">Sweden</a> <ul><li>2015 <a href="/wiki/Rachel_Brathen" title="Rachel Brathen">Rachel Brathen</a></li></ul></li> <li>Switzerland <ul><li>1941 <a href="/wiki/Selvarajan_Yesudian" title="Selvarajan Yesudian">Selvarajan Yesudian</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Books</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1996 <i><a href="/wiki/Norman_Sjoman" title="Norman Sjoman">Yoga Tradition of the Mysore Palace</a></i></li> <li>2004 <i><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Alter" title="Joseph Alter">Yoga in Modern India</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_History_of_Modern_Yoga" title="A History of Modern Yoga">A History of Modern Yoga</a></i></li> <li>2005 <i><a href="/wiki/Positioning_Yoga" title="Positioning Yoga">Positioning Yoga</a></i></li> <li>2010 <i><a href="/wiki/Yoga_Body" title="Yoga Body">Yoga Body</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Subtle_Body" title="The Subtle Body">The Subtle Body</a></i></li> <li>2015 <i><a href="/wiki/Selling_Yoga" title="Selling Yoga">Selling Yoga</a></i></li> <li>2016 <i><a href="/wiki/The_Path_of_Modern_Yoga" title="The Path of Modern Yoga">The Path of Modern Yoga</a></i></li> <li>2017 <i><a href="/wiki/Roots_of_Yoga" title="Roots of Yoga">Roots of Yoga</a></i></li> <li>2019 <i><a href="/wiki/Yoga_in_Britain:_Stretching_Spirituality_and_Educating_Yogis" title="Yoga in Britain: Stretching Spirituality and Educating Yogis">Yoga in Britain</a></i></li> <li>2020 <i><a href="/wiki/The_Story_of_Yoga" title="The Story of Yoga">The Story of Yoga</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Films</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>2006 <i><a href="/wiki/Guru_(2006_film)" title="Guru (2006 film)">Guru</a></i></li> <li>2009 <i><a href="/wiki/Enlighten_Up!" title="Enlighten Up!">Enlighten Up!</a></i></li> <li>2012 <i><a href="/wiki/Breath_of_the_Gods" title="Breath of the Gods">Breath of the Gods</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_yoga_schools" title="List of yoga schools">Schools</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Modern_yoga_gurus" title="Modern yoga gurus">Gurus</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1918 <a href="/wiki/The_Yoga_Institute" title="The Yoga Institute">The Yoga Institute</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shri_Yogendra" class="mw-redirect" title="Shri Yogendra">Shri Yogendra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hansa_Yogendra" title="Hansa Yogendra">Hansa Yogendra</a></li></ul></li> <li>1924 <a href="/wiki/Kaivalyadhama_Health_and_Yoga_Research_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Kaivalyadhama Health and Yoga Research Center">Kaivalyadhama</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Swami_Kuvalayananda" title="Swami Kuvalayananda">Swami Kuvalayananda</a></li></ul></li> <li>1934 <a href="/wiki/Viniyoga" class="mw-redirect" title="Viniyoga">Viniyoga</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tirumalai_Krishnamacharya" title="Tirumalai Krishnamacharya">Tirumalai Krishnamacharya</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Yoga_Makaranda" title="Yoga Makaranda">Yoga Makaranda</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._K._V._Desikachar" title="T. K. V. Desikachar">T. K. V. Desikachar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._G._Mohan" title="A. G. Mohan">A. G. Mohan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indra_Devi" title="Indra Devi">Indra Devi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Srivatsa_Ramaswami" title="Srivatsa Ramaswami">Srivatsa Ramaswami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vanda_Scaravelli" title="Vanda Scaravelli">Vanda Scaravelli</a></li></ul></li> <li>c. 1948 <a href="/wiki/Ashtanga_vinyasa_yoga" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashtanga vinyasa yoga">Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga</a> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">K. Pattabhi Jois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mysore_style" title="Mysore style">Mysore style</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Miller_(yoga_teacher)" title="Tim Miller (yoga teacher)">Tim Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kino_MacGregor" title="Kino MacGregor">Kino MacGregor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Schultz" title="Larry Schultz">Larry Schultz</a></li></ul></li> <li>1959 <a href="/wiki/Sivananda_yoga" title="Sivananda yoga">Sivananda Yoga</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vishnudevananda_Saraswati" title="Vishnudevananda Saraswati">Vishnudevananda Saraswati</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Complete_Illustrated_Book_of_Yoga" title="Complete Illustrated Book of Yoga">Complete Illustrated Book of Yoga</a></i></li></ul></li> <li>1963 <a href="/wiki/Bihar_School_of_Yoga" title="Bihar School of Yoga">Bihar School of Yoga</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Satyananda_Saraswati" title="Satyananda Saraswati">Satyananda Saraswati</a></li></ul></li> <li>1965 <a href="/wiki/Ananda_Yoga" title="Ananda Yoga">Ananda Yoga</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kriyananda" title="Kriyananda">Kriyananda</a></li></ul></li> <li>1966 <a href="/wiki/Integral_Yoga_(Satchidananda)" title="Integral Yoga (Satchidananda)">Integral Yoga</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Satchidananda_Saraswati" class="mw-redirect" title="Satchidananda Saraswati">Satchidananda Saraswati</a></li></ul></li> <li>1966 <a href="/wiki/Kripalu_Center" title="Kripalu Center">Kripalu Yoga</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amrit_Desai" title="Amrit Desai">Amrit Desai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Cope" title="Stephen Cope">Stephen Cope</a></li></ul></li> <li>1971 <a href="/wiki/Himalayan_Institute_of_Yoga_Science_and_Philosophy" title="Himalayan Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy">Himalayan Institute</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Swami_Rama" title="Swami Rama">Swami Rama</a></li></ul></li> <li>1973 <a href="/wiki/Bikram_Yoga" title="Bikram Yoga">Bikram Yoga</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bikram_Choudhury" title="Bikram Choudhury">Bikram Choudhury</a></li></ul></li> <li>1975 <a href="/wiki/Iyengar_Yoga" title="Iyengar Yoga">Iyengar Yoga</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/B._K._S._Iyengar" title="B. K. S. Iyengar">B. K. S. Iyengar</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Light_on_Yoga" title="Light on Yoga">Light on Yoga</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Yoga_the_Iyengar_Way" title="Yoga the Iyengar Way">Yoga the Iyengar Way</a></i></li></ul></li> <li>1975 <a href="/wiki/Dharma_Mittra" title="Dharma Mittra">Dharma Mittra</a></li> <li>c. 1975 <a href="/wiki/Yin_Yoga" title="Yin Yoga">Yin Yoga</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paulie_Zink" title="Paulie Zink">Paulie Zink</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Grilley" title="Paul Grilley">Paul Grilley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Powers" title="Sarah Powers">Sarah Powers</a></li></ul></li> <li>1982 <a href="/wiki/Forrest_Yoga" title="Forrest Yoga">Forrest Yoga</a></li> <li>1984 <a href="/wiki/Jivamukti_Yoga" title="Jivamukti Yoga">Jivamukti Yoga</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sharon_Gannon" title="Sharon Gannon">Sharon Gannon</a></li></ul></li> <li>1995 <a href="/wiki/Power_Yoga" title="Power Yoga">Power Yoga</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beryl_Bender_Birch" title="Beryl Bender Birch">Beryl Bender Birch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryan_Kest" title="Bryan Kest">Bryan Kest</a></li></ul></li> <li>1997 <a href="/wiki/Anusara_School_of_Hatha_Yoga" title="Anusara School of Hatha Yoga">Anusara Yoga</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Friend_(yogi)" title="John Friend (yogi)">John Friend</a></li></ul></li> <li>2006 <a href="/wiki/Core_Strength_Vinyasa_Yoga" title="Core Strength Vinyasa Yoga">Core Strength Vinyasa Yoga (Sadie Nardini)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yoga" title="Yoga">Yoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hatha_yoga" title="Hatha yoga">Hatha yoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modern_yoga" title="Modern yoga">Modern yoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Post-lineage_yoga" title="Post-lineage yoga">Post-lineage yoga</a></li> <li><a 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