About the Book: Yoga Mala: The Original Teachings of Ashtanga Yoga Master Sri K.
Pattabhi Jois
The seminal treatise and guide to Ashtanga yoga by the master of this
increasingly popular discipline. One of the great yoga figures of our time, Sri
K. Pattabhi Jois brought Ashtanga yoga to the West more than thirty years ago.
Based on flowing, energetic movement coordinated with the breath, Ashtanga and
the many forms of vinyasa yoga that grow directly out of it have become the most
widespread and influential styles practiced today. Yoga Mala—a "garland of
yoga"—is Joiss authoritative guide to Ashtanga. In it, he outlines the ethical
principles and