INTERVIEW WITH V. SRINIVASAN (RYT)

Yoga Therapy Hour with Amy Wheeler

Amy Chats with Shri V Srinivasan, who is one of the senior faculty of the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram (KYM) and the Executive Director. He had the rare blessings of learning under Yogacharya Shri T.K.V. Desikachar as a student of Teacher Training Program at KYM. He holds a Master’s Degree in Yoga from Tamilnadu Sports and Physical Education University Chennai. He also learnt Vedic Chanting and functions as a Healing Chant Teacher also. His teaching career includes Consultations and Classes of Yoga for Therapy, teaching of all aspects of Yoga to Indian and International students in India and abroad. They talk about How Yoga Therapy is unfolding in India, the implications of the Bhagavad Gita for Yoga Therapy.

They discuss the following:

· How V Srinivasan came to yoga, then yoga teacher training, became a yoga therapist and eventually the Executive Director of KYM.

· What it means to practice our yoga mentally, emotionally, in relationship to one another and ourselves and spiritually.

· How we can stay balanced during these difficult times, by connecting to something deep within our own heart.

· The purpose of yoga, far beyond asana.

· The ancient text of the Bhagavad Gita and how it applies to yoga therapy.

· The therapeutic relationship according to the Bhagavad Gita.

· Karma, Hatha, Jnana and Bhakti Yoga as paths to the same destination.

· How our natural gifts determine which type of yoga we will enjoy most.

· How we can work to do hard things in life, just like Arjuna had to do.

· What is the moral of the story at the very end of the Bhagavad Gita?

· Why Amy chose to study at the KYM for the past two decades, what attracted her to the KYM and why she continues to study in this tradition.

· Online learning and how it is new the frontier for KYM.

· How yoga therapy is unfolding in India, and the support the field is getting from the Indian Government.

· How KYM Yoga therapy is joining with healthcare.

· How the KYM is connecting with the field of healthcare.

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