yoga: a work in progress

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exclusive interviews with yoga's leading luminaries about the essence, history and future of yoga in the west.

In her examination of the essence of yoga and its history and practice in north america, Traci M. Childress interviewed twelve teachers whose thoughts about and approaches to yoga are renowned throughout the world. She asked them the following questions:

What is the essence of yoga as you see or experience it?
Is this essence being diluted, expanded or evolved in the west?
How does this essence connect to the history or original visions of yoga?
What do you envision for the future of yoga?

Here, we share with you the best of these conversations. Click on the following names to read excerpts from interviews with:

• Founding Director of The Arlington Center Chip Hartranft
• Mark Whitwell - author of The Yoga of Heart and long-time student of T.K.V. Desikachar
• Creator of the B.K.S. Iyengar Yogamala (Cambridge) Patricia Walden
• Reverand Jaganath Carrera - spiritual head of the Yoga Life Society
• John Kepner – Executive Director of the International Association of Yoga Therapists
• Cofounder of the Jivamukti Yoga Method Sharon Gannon
• Seane Corn – National Yoga Ambassador for YouthAIDS in the US
• Anusara founder John Friend
• Leading Iyengar teacher Geeta Iyengar
• Center of Timeless Being president Richard Miller
• Yasodhara Ashram's spiritual director Swami Radhananda

Note about Dr. Bali's transcript:
Unfortunately, the transcript of  Dr. Madan Bali's conversation with Traci M. Childress was unavailable for publication. To find out more about Dr. Bali, please go to www.yogabliss.ca.

Dr. Madan Bali is founder and director of Yoga Bliss in Montreal, is a Vedanta Scholar and holds a doctorate in complementary medicine. For the past 35 years, he has worked to introduce yoga as an alternate form of therapy and a healing tool by tapping into the body's own wisdom and built-in technology.