Many modern schools of Hatha Yoga have their origins in the teachings of Sri Tirumalai Krishnamacharya (1888 - 1989) whose students include many of today’s most influential teachers: B.K.S. Iyengar, the late K. Pattabhi Jois, the late Indra Devi, Srivatsa Ramaswami, A.G. Mohan, and Krishnamacharya’s wife Mrs. Namagririammal, sons T.K. Srinivasan, T.K.V. Desikachar, T.K. Sribhashyam and daughters Srimathi Pundarikavalli, Srimathi T. Alamelu Sheshadri and Srimathi Shubha Mohan Kumar. He was an influential Indian Yoga teacher, healer and scholar.
The second image I've posted is a section of a larger school portrait which is worth a look at if you can find it. It's very representative of the type of yoga he was teaching at the Mysore school . Because many of his students at that time in his life were active boys he developed a vigorous style of yoga aimed at building strength and stamina...very similar to what is known today as Ashtanga.
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