Breath of the Gods

• T. Krishnamacharya
• K. Pattabhi Jois
• B. K. S. Iyengar
• T.K. Sribhashyam
• Alamelu Sheshadri
• Jan Schmidt- Garre

The breathing God - journey to the origin of the modern yoga is a documentary film by Jan Schmidt- Garre, which deals with the question " Where does yoga ago how did it originate? ". It had its premiere in Germany on January 5, 2012.

Schmidt- Garre approaches the subject through the attendance of pupils and children T. Krishnamacharya, the father of modern yoga. Numerous historical black and white photographs of Krishnamacharya and his student give further insight into the origins of modern yoga - including shots of yoga demonstrations for the Maharaja Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV This Maharaja of Mysore opened a yoga school led the Krishnamacharya.

In the first part of the film interviewed Schmidt- Garre K. Pattabhi Jois, a master student of Krishnamacharya, who died during filming. The film also shows the efforts of the yoga director who receives a practice session in Shirsasana ( yoga headstand ) by BKS Iyengar. B.K.S. is the founder of Iyengar yoga and teacher of Yehudi Menuhin. This yoga was acceptable in the West. Also Krishnamacharya second daughter Alamelu Sheshadri has his say. She says, "Yoga means concentration to the limit of the possible". At the end of the film an image of the god Narasimha is shown in the lotus position. This breathing God inspired the title of the document.

Criticism

" Schmidt- Garre has filmed repeatedly point out that his point of view, is a westerner who looks from the outside to the yoga tradition. He entered the film with western classical music sounds like Rimsky -Korsakov's wonderful Hindu song from the opera " Sadko ". " The breathing God " is therefore a non -clarified yet atmospheric coherent documentation that is neither kitsch cliché pretends to take a look from the inside out yoga. "