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After my first book, Ashtanga Yoga: Practice and Philosophy, was published, many readers approached me requesting that I write a book on the intricacies of the Intermediate Series of Ashtanga Yoga.

During the writing of this new book, which took more than two years, it became apparent to me that so much that we know today about yoga goes back to the late Shri T. Krishnamacharya. Although I never studied with the great master, I had the great fortune of working with four of his students, B.N. S. Iyengar, K. Pattabhi Jois, B.K. S. Iyengar, and A. G. Mohan.

In this book I am attempting to present the original, integrative yoga that became fractured following Krishnamacharya’s demise in 1989. You will find ever present in this book T. Krishnamacharya’s emphasis on learning scripture, devotion, understanding Sanskrit, adapting the practice to the individual, and doing whatever is reasonable and beneficial to the student.

Although I made every effort to present this yoga in its original true form, I am aware that my representation does not even come close to the master’s learning and understanding.