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Apr 20, 2026

Sharath’s Conference Dec 5, 2015


 

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Feb 22, 2020

Resources at a glance

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Aug 10, 2013

Weekend Edition #17 Sharath in Moscow and Copenhagen



"Guru To Go. A portrait of R. Sharath Jois" is a sweet mini doc by Alessandro Sigismondi chronicling R. Sharath Jois' visit to Copenhagen hosted by Astanga Yoga Copenhagen.







Here are notes from Sharath's Moscow Conference (2013 July 28) hosted and posted by Ashtanga Yoga Moscow.  There is also a livestream of Sharath teaching a led class here.

Next stops:
Stockholm: August 11 – 16
Helsinki: August 18 – 23
London: August 25 – 30
Saraswathi in Helsinki: September 22 – 27
Saraswathi in Kiev: September 29 – October 4

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Aug 3, 2013

Weekend Edition #16 The week in review




Thanks to the participants and organizers of last weekend's Anahata Yoga Festival in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  It was a wonderful event and there is already talk about the next one...



Here are a few articles, posts, and conference notes worth a read:




For the home practitioners, there is also a new live stream of Sharath teaching in Moscow:





I'm heading to Mysore in the fall to practice and study with my teacher R. Sharath Jois.  Here is a glimpse of a led intermediate class at the shala a couple of years ago:



Lastly, I've opened up an online shop to help raise funds for my trip and also for Uttarakhand disaster relief.  Check it out!


Thanks for reading!
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Jul 15, 2013

Namarupa & ♥India Fundraiser


Namarupa Magazine's latest edition is now available online for free.




In this issue there's an article detailing Sharath's conference in New York earlier this year at AYNY as well as many other good reads.  You can read it online or purchase a print copy here.



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"Vishnu" by Elise Espat
I am really moved and inspired by the work being done to help the people in Uttarakhand.  To help raise funds I launched ArtByElise with the intention of donating 50% of the profits to the Namarupa Bandhava project.  The other 50% helps fund my trip to study with my teacher R. Sharath Jois in the fall.  Your support is appreciated!
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Jan 3, 2013

Sharath Jois Conference Notes Archive

My personal collection over the years of conference notes from around the world. Enjoy and reach out if you have a link to include!


(Latest update 4/21/2026)
(Latest update 4/17/2026)
(Latest update 8/3/2013)
(Originally published 1/3/2013)




2021


October 23, 2021

September 29, 2021
  • Yan Ong, virtual class YouTube video 

September 11, 2021

July 17, 2021
  • Yan Ong, virtual class YouTube video 

May 1, 2021
  • Yan Ong, virtual class YouTube video 

March 20, 2021
  • Yan Ong, virtual class YouTube video 

January 9, 2021
  • Yan Ong, virtual class YouTube video 




2020

November 21, 2020
  • Yan Ong, virtual class YouTube video 

June 27, 2020

June 7, 2020

May 9, 2020 
  • Yan Ong, virtual class YouTube video 

April 25, 2010





2019

December 2019






2018

December 2, 2018



2017

March 18, 2017

February 11, 2017

February 5, 2017
January 22, 2017
January 9, 2017

January 1, 2017






2016

November 12, 2016
October 23, 2016


October 8, 2016



2015

December 11, 2015

December 5, 2015

October 2015

September 8, 2015
March 7, 2015

February 21, 2015
February 14, 2015

February 7, 2015
January 10, 2015





2014

December 12, 2014

November 29, 2014

November 7, 2014

October 25, 2014
October 18, 2014
October 11, 2014

August 22, 2014
  • Yan Ong, special teacher’s course 

August 21, 2014
  • Yan Ong, special teacher’s course 
February 23, 2014




2013

 December 29, 2013
December 22, 2013

December 8, 2013

December 1, 2013

November 13, 2013
October 11, 2013

September 27, 2013

 Dec 30, 2012
Dec 23, 2012


Dec 16, 2012

December 12, 2012

December 2, 2012

November 18, 2012


November 9, 2012


November 4, 2012

October 28, 2012

October 21, 2012

October 14, 2012

October 7, 2012

September 23, 2012

September 9, 2012

September 2, 2012

August 26, 2012


August 19, 2012
August 12, 2012
July 30, 2012

July 22, 2012

July 8, 2012

April 9, 2012

March 2012

March 18, 2012

March 11, 2012

March 4, 2012

February 29, 2012

February 26, 2012
February 19, 2012

February 16, 2012

February 12, 2012

 February 8, 2012

February 5, 2012

January 29, 2012

January 22, 2012

January 8, 2012

January 1, 2012








2011

December 18, 2011


December 11, 2011


December 4, 2011


November 27, 2011


November 20, 2011

November 16, 2011

November 11, 2011

November 6, 2011

October 30, 2011


October 23, 2011


October 16, 2011



September 11, 2011

September 8, 2011

August 2011

June 5, 2011
  • Yan Ong, Taiwan and Hong Kong tour 

June 4, 2011
  • Yan Ong, Taiwan and Hong Kong Tour 

June 3, 2011

May 16, 2011

April 15, 2011

April 8, 2011
March 21, 2011

March 13, 2011
February 27, 2011

February 14, 2011

February 6, 2011

January 23, 2011


January 16, 2011

January 9, 2011








2010

December 26, 2010


December 19, 2010

November 29, 2010


November 15, 2010
October 31, 2010

October 25, 2010

October 11, 2010
July - August 2010


January 31, 2010



January 17, 2010








 2009
November 7, 2009


October 30, 2009

August 31, 2009

August 30, 2009







2008
August 24, 2008

August 12, 2008

August 10, 2008

July 28, 2008

June 22, 2008

June 15, 2008









2006

November 2006
  • Bindifry, Byron Bay Tour, “Cobra breathing”

November 13, 2006


August 16, 2006

July 9, 2006

June 16, 2006

June 5, 2006
May 21, 2006






2005

January 31, 2005





2004

February 8, 2004





2002

July - August, 2002
January 29, 2002
 





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Jul 21, 2012

Mysore Conference Notes: 1st Conference of Season by Suzanne El-Safty

Sharath’s First Conference of the Season 
By Suzanne El-Safty
22 October 2011
Source http://suzanneelsafty.com/2011/10/22/sharaths-first-conference-of-the-season/

 

Last Sunday Sharath gave his first conference of this season (it’s taken me forever to write this up – too many classes and too little sleep this week). The conference was short as it was the first day and Sharath didn’t want to overwhelm the new students (‘lot of new students, is good, means Ashtanga Yoga is spreading’).

He started by speaking about appropriate behaviour in Mysore – appropriate dress (not beach clothes, women should wear a shawl to cover themselves), not standing in big groups at the coconut stand, avoiding making unwanted ‘friends’.

Sharath then described how yoga first came to Mysore (I’ve added a few details here in order to be precise and complete; additional details have been taken from the book ‘Guruji’):

In the early 1900s Tirumalai Krishnamacharya (a yoga teacher and scholar, often referred to as ‘the father of modern yoga’, his students include Shri K. Pattabhi Jois, B.K.S. Iyengar and T.K.V. Desikachar) was touring India to try to spread hatha yoga. In 1927 he went to Hassan to give a yoga demonstration and, fortunately for us, watching in the audience was a 12-year old Pattabhi Jois (the grandfather of Sharath). Pattabhi Jois was so impressed by the demonstration that he asked Krishnamacharya if he could become his student and the following day began his yoga practice. At that time yoga was not held in high regard and Pattabhi Jois had to keep his practice secret from his family.

In 1929, at the age of 14, Pattabhi Jois ran away from home with just 2 rupees in his pocket and went to Mysore to further his study of Sanskrit at the Maharaja Sanskrit College. In 1931 Krishnamacharya also moved to Mysore and Pattabhi Jois was able to continue his studies with him for the next 22 years, until 1953 when Krishnamacharya moved to Chennai.

In 1937 the Maharaja of Mysore set up a yoga department at the Sanskrit College and appointed Pattabhi Jois as its head; Pattabhi Jois then taught there until his retirement in 1973. And in 1948 Pattabhi Jois established the Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute (the predecessor of KPJAYI) at his home in Lakshmipuram, a suburb of Mysore.

Prior to Krishnamacharya all of the great yoga masters had been in the north of India, and people at that time believed that yoga was only meant for sadhus and sannyasis (wandering monks, renunciants), that in effect the practice of yoga led to a withdrawal from society. Krishnamacharya changed this – he demonstrated that anyone can do yoga.

Sharath finished by saying that this lineage from Krishnamacharya is not anywhere else in the world and that in order to learn Ashtanga Yoga we have to study through this lineage.



MORE CONFERENCE NOTES

 Conference – Asana as the Foundation of a Spiritual Practice – 1st January 2012 by Suzanne El-Safty

 

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Jan 17, 2012

Magnolia's Conference Notes: Obstacles in Yoga Practice


'Yogis should be honest.' Conference notes Nov 6, 2011 w/ Sharath Jois
By Magnolia Zuniga
Posted 11/8/11
Source blog.mysoresf.com

Every Sunday afternoon at 4pm (shala time) is conference with Sharath Jois. This is a time for him to talk about the practice, the philosophy, etc and answer questions from students. Conference on Nov 6th, 2011 Sharath spoke on the many obstacles that come along the path. I touch on just a few...  

Obstacles in Yoga practice...

On Doubt - The practice of Hatha Yoga is not easy and requires sacrifice of many things. Many people have doubt about the practice, the lineage. Instead of surrendering they want to argue. As life changes we have new doubts and new challenges. Guruji used to say 'Practice and all is coming' but if there is no practice how will doubt be cleared? 

In college we must prepare and study. To find answers we read books. But in yoga we practice to find answers. We can read Bhagavad Gita, and Hatha Yoga Pradipika but this is intellectual knowledge. We continue practicing Hatha Yoga to find better answers to the questions...

What is God?
What is yoga?
What is spirituality?
What is life?

On Carelessness - Our carelessness brings lots of problems and our minds get distracted. When we're careless we're not thinking properly. Students come to Mysore, do yoga one month and turns into a gym. If you come to surrender yourself to practice, the effect will be totally different. When you come to Mysore your aim should be to practice yoga. Then mind is clear and focused. Many times it happens students lose energy...

too much talking...losing energy...
too much talking...losing energy...at coconut stand...talking, talking.

On Confusion - Confusion kills yoga practice. Students learn tradition and someone tells them 'oh what they are teaching there is not correct, do this yoga, this is better yoga' then 6 months same thing, and they do another type yoga, then 6 months later another type yoga, and it's like this. Then they say 'Oh I did this yoga, and that yoga and this yoga.' They should also say they are confused. Yogis should be honest.

Question: 'Sharath, why if we're supposed to be relaxed in a posture do you push our limits?'

Answer: [Smiling] You're misunderstanding relaxation. Relaxation in a posture means that if I count it for 2 hours you can stay. You have to reach your limitations longer. You should steadily take to your posture. Bring stability then you can hold for long time.  

[laughing] I feel happy for you Guruji is not there. 



Magnolia started practicing various styles of yoga in 1991. She began practicing Mysore Ashtanga Yoga in 1997 with certified teacher Noah Williams and authorized teacher Kimberly Flynn. She first met and studied with Sri K. Pattabhi Jois and Sharath Jois in 2004 on her first trip to India. Since then she has traveled and studied in Mysore 7 times and taught Mysore Ashtanga Yoga in Hong Kong, Tokyo, France and is currently running a traditional Mysore Ashtanga School 'Mysore SF' in San Francisco. She continues her studies with Sharath Jois in Mysore South India each year.

Magnolia received blessings to teach in 2007 and is now an authorized level 2 teacher.

For more information about Magnolia please visit her website www.magnoliashtanga.com



republished with permission




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