I went to see Breath Of The Gods at the ICA this afternoon. It documents Krishnamacharya's life and teachings as seen through the eyes of the film's director Jan Schmidt-Garre on his search for 'authentic' yoga. His journey leads him from the legendary students and relatives of Krishnamacharya's to the source of modern yoga, at the palace of the Maharaja of Mysore.
It is beautifully shot and worth seeing, if just for the archive footage. I enjoyed the taste of someone elses journey into the vast and varied church of yoga and I came a way with a feeling that we are all, even the most well respected of teachers and Gurus, only human.
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