U-Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, uthisha we-yoga waseNdiya, umelaphi we-ayurvedic, kanye nesazi, wazalwa ngo-1888 futhi washona ngo-1989. Ubhekwa kabanzi njengomunye wochwepheshe abanethonya kakhulu be-yoga yesimanje futhi uvame ukubizwa ngokuthi "Ubaba Weyoga Yesimanje" ngenxa yethonya lakhe elibalulekile ekuthuthukiseni i-postural yoga. Izimfundiso zakhe nezindlela zakhe zibe nomthelela omkhulu ekwenzeni i-yoga, futhi ifa lakhe lisaqhubeka nokubungazwa odokotela emhlabeni wonke.
Abafundi baka-Krishnamacharya bahlanganisa othisha abaningi be-yoga abadume kakhulu nabanamandla, abafana no-Indra Devi, K. Pattabhi Jois, BKS Iyengar, indodana yakhe u-TKV Desikachar, u-Srivatsa Ramaswami, no-AG Mohan. Ngokuphawulekayo, u-Iyengar, umlamu wakhe kanye nomsunguli we-Iyengar Yoga, uncoma u-Krishnamacharya ngokumkhuthaza ukuba afunde i-yoga njengomfana omncane ngo-1934. Lokhu kubonisa umthelela omkhulu u-Krishnamacharya abe nawo ekulolongeni ikusasa le-yoga kanye nokuthuthukiswa kwezitayela ezihlukahlukene ze-yoga.
Ngaphezu kwendima yakhe njengothisha, u-Krishnamacharya wenza igalelo elibalulekile ekuvuselelweni kwe-hatha yoga, elandela ezinyathelweni zamavulandlela angaphambili athonywa isiko lomzimba elinjengo-Yogendra no-Kuvalayananda. Indlela yakhe ephelele yokwenza i-yoga, ehlanganisa ukuma komzimba, ukuphefumula, nefilosofi, ishiye uphawu olungenakucimeka ekusebenzeni kwe-yoga. Izimfundiso zakhe ziyaqhubeka nokukhuthaza abantu abaningi ukuba bahlole amandla aguqulayo e-yoga kanye namandla ayo enhlalakahle ngokomzimba, ngokwengqondo, nangokomoya.
Sengiphetha, ifa lika-Tirumalai Krishnamacharya elihlala njalo njengomuntu ophayona emhlabeni we-yoga liwubufakazi bethonya lakhe elijulile nomthelela wakhe ohlala njalo. Ukuzinikela kwakhe ekwabelaneni ngobuhlakani bakudala be-yoga, kuhlanganiswe nendlela yakhe entsha yokuzilolonga nokufundisa, kushiye uphawu olungacimekiyo ekuthuthukisweni kwe-yoga yesimanje. Njengoba odokotela beqhubeka nokuzuza ezimfundisweni zakhe kanye nezitayela ze-yoga ezihlukahlukene ezivela ohlwini lwakhe lozalo, iminikelo ka-Krishnamacharya emhlabeni we-yoga isalokhu ibalulekile futhi inethonya kunangaphambili.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Mar-20-2024
