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Sri Krishna Pattabhi Jois était un Indien, enseignant le yoga. Il fut un élève de Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, et a enseigné le style de yoga Ashtanga dans son école, le Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute, à Mysore, en Inde. À travers ses élèves, il introduisit cette forme de yoga en Occident dans les années 1960, où elle connut une réelle popularité, notamment aux États-Unis sous le nom de Power Yoga. Wikipedia  

✵ 26. juillet 1915 – 18. mai 2009
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Pattabhi Jois: Citations en anglais

“Ahhh. Samadhi.
Yoga is Samadhi.
God is One.
Yoga is One.
That's all.”

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Quoted in Sharon Gannon and David Life, Jivamukti Yoga, Ballantine Books, 2002, p. 37 http://books.google.it/books?id=D_9oFtc1ZLMC&pg=PA37.

“Yoga is possible for anybody who really wants it. Yoga is universal…. But don’t approach yoga with a business mind looking for worldly gain.”

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Quoted in Kelsie Besaw, The Little Red Book of Yoga Wisdom, Skyhorse Publishing, 2013, p. 22 http://books.google.it/books?id=4BeNAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT22.

“Some yoga teachers say that a vegetarian diet is not necessary.
[Pattabhi Jois]: [laughing] Oh … a new method!
Many Indians and Westerners eat meat.
[Pattabhi Jois]: They are not practicing yoga. Meat eating makes you stiff.
What is the most important yogic practice in this time?
[Pattabhi Jois]: Vegetarian diet is the most important practice for yoga.”

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Interview in Sharon Gannon and David Life, Jivamukti Yoga, Ballantine Books, 2002, p. 83 http://books.google.it/books?id=D_9oFtc1ZLMC&pg=PA83.