TKV Desikachar, one of the most respected yoga teachers in the world today, is the son of T. Krishnamacharya. Desikachar learned yoga in his youth but began his professional life as a structural engineer. He was drawn back to his father's teaching after witnessing its effects on others. Desikachar lived and studied with Krishnamacharya until his father's death at the age of 101 in 1989.

In 1976 Desikachar founded the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram in Chennai, India, to share and transmit the teachings of his father. The tradition is also carried on through his son Kausthub Desikachar, who continues his studies with his father, is director of publications at the KYM while also traveling the world teaching (see www.yogaofyoga.com). Desikachar is the author of many books on yoga, notably The Heart of Yoga and Health, Healing and Beyond. (see Resources) Since the 1960s Desikachar has been invited to teach on nearly every continent. Yet the heart of his teaching rests in respecting individual experience and in relationship. It was a great honour to welcome him to Toronto in October 2001, on his first visit to Canada.

Rosemary Jeanes Antze has studied with Desikachar since 1974 and is the senior Canadian teacher in this lineage.

Please read an excerpt from an interview with TKV Desikachar.