Beyond Yoga is body positive so we truly design for women of all shapes and sizes. We look to be inclusive rather than exclusive with our collection and fit test with recent college graduates all the way up to our own mothers. J+M: The woman we design for values fit, quality and clothing that can take them from street to studio. Do you have a specific type of person in mind when you design your clothes? It represents that there is more to yoga than just the physical aspect – when someone asks me what is Beyond Yoga, I reply, “Beyond Yoga is falling in love with yourself.”ģ. But I also wanted something that was more than just yoga – hence Beyond Yoga. Jodi: I wanted something that was inspired by yoga, because it greatly changed my life. Is there a story behind the name for the line? Over the years, I mastered the art of dressing to flatter your body and fit your lifestyle that’s what greatly inspired Beyond Yoga.Ģ. I grew up in Hollywood and felt very much in the spotlight as I struggled with my weight. Jodi: My own personal struggles coupled with what I saw was missing in the market inspired me to start Beyond Yoga. Recently, we sat down with Beyond Yoga founders Jodi Gruber Brufsky and Michelle Wahler about the inspiration behind their body-positive brand. We adore Beyond Yoga because their workout clothes are super comfortable and stylish, but we love them even more because of their commitment to celebrate real women. Desikachar also provides a remarkably lucid introduction to ancient Sanskrit texts, including the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, which are the foundation of Yoga as a "science of the mind." For both beginners and advanced students, as well as the curious lay reader, Health, Healing & Beyond is an indispensable guide to the philosophy, principles, and limitless possibilities of Yoga.An Interview with the Founders of Beyond Yoga His great mission was to make Yoga available to each individual, regardless of age, sex, race, culture, station in life, and belief- or non-belief. He swept aside ancient prohibitions against certain Yogic practices by women, and innovated therapeutic treatments for respiratory, cardiac, stroke, and injury victims, as well as new therapies for mental illness and disabilities. In the years following India's Independence, until Krishnamacharya's death in 1989 at the age of 100, his efforts were concentrated on adapting, even revolutionizing, Yogic practice for modern life. There, in the 1930s, American and European medical experts reported the Yogi's astonishing ability to stop both his heartbeat and his breath: essentially, to control the life process itself. Years spent as a disciple to a legendary teacher in Tibet were followed by Krishnamacharya's service to the Maharaja of Mysore in the last years of British colonial rule in India. Desikachar, traces the near-mythic labors of scholarship that equipped Krishnamacharya with an unparalleled mastery of India's ancient traditions. This lively, affectionate account, by Krishnamacharya's son T.K.V. It is the story of dedication to a single purpose- to place the benefits of Yoga at the service of humanity.
Health, Healing & Beyond is the long-awaited biographical profile and exploration of the work of this teacher of many of Yoga's greatest exponents- including B.K.S. It was also the accessible path of progression toward union with the Absolute- whether conceived as a named God or a nameless truth. To Krishnamacharya, Yoga was a means to improved health to restored well-being in the face of illness and to emotional balance and enhanced mental clarity. His contribution was to preserve and modernize the five-thousand-year-old wisdom that today benefits millions of individuals far beyond the confines of this Yogic master's homeland. Yoga is India's greatest gift to the world, believed the sage Tirumalai Krishnamacharya. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice.
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