K. Pattabhi Jois
| K. Pattabhi Jois | |
|---|---|
| Born |
26 July 1915 Kowshika, Hassan, Karnataka, India |
| Died | 18 May 2009 (aged 93) Mysore, Karnataka, India |
| Occupation | Yoga teacher |
| Known for | Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga |
| Spouse(s) | Savitramma (Amma) |
| Children | Saraswathi Rangaswamy Mañju Ramesh |
| Relatives | R. Sharath Jois (Rangaswamy) (grandson) |
K. Pattabhi Jois (Kannada: ಶ್ರೀ ಕೃಷ್ಣ ಪಟ್ಟಾಭಿ ಜೋಯೀಸರು) (26 July 1915 – 18 May 2009) was an Indian yoga teacher who developed the popular vinyāsa style of yoga referred to as Ashtanga Yoga. In 1948, Jois established the Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute (now known as the Shri K Pattabhi Jois Ashtanga Yoga Institute) in Mysore, India.
Jois was born on 26 July 1915 (Guru Pūrṇimā, full moon day) in the village of Kowshika, near Hassan, Karnataka, South India.
Jois's father was an astrologer, priest, and landholder. From the age of 5, he was instructed in Sanskrit and rituals by his father, as were all Brahmin boys. No one else in his family had learned yoga or even expressed interest in it.
In 1927, at the age of 12, Jois attended a lecture and demonstration at the Jubilee Hall in Hassan by T. Krishnamacharya and became his student the very next day. For two years Jois remained in Kowshika and practiced with Krishnamacharya every day. Jois never told his family he was practicing yoga. He would rise early, go to practice, and then attend school.
In 1930, Jois ran away from home to Mysore to study Sanskrit, with 2 rupees. Around the same time Krishnamacharya departed Hassan to teach elsewhere. Two years later, Jois was reunited with Krishnamacharya, who had also made his way to Mysore. According to B.K.S. Iyengar, Jois was assigned to teach asana at the Sanskrit Pathshala when the yogashala of Krishnamacharya was opened in 1933 and was "never a regular student." During this time, the Maharaja of Mysore, Krishna Rajendra Wodeyar, had become seriously ill and it is said that Krishnamacharya had healed him, through yoga, where others had failed. The Maharaja became Krisnamacharya's patron and established a Yoga shala for him at the Jaganmohan Palace. Jois often accompanied Krishnamacharya in demonstrations. Jois has stated that he studied with Krishnamacharya from 1927 to 1953 and claimed to teach the same asana system that he originally learned. Jois has claimed that he was B. K. S. Iyengar's teacher, which Iyengar has refuted.
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