EP36 - Devaraj and Mark on Yoga and Religion - a podcast by Mark Whitwell

What is the relationship between Yoga and religion? Following on from last week’s episode with Janet Marshall talking about Yoga and Catholicism, this week we are honoured to be joined by Devaraj from Chennai, speaking from his perspective about the relationship between religion and Yoga. 

Is Yoga Hinduism? How do the two intersect? Devaraj was born and lives in the city where Krishnamacharya and his son TKV Desikachar taught for many years, and where they established the Krishanamacharya Yoga Mandiram, there to this day. He holds a fascinating perspective on Yoga and how it has empowered his devotional life.

Mark and Devaraj discuss what happened once he started practicing yoga. In Krishnamacharya’s scholarly view, the entire Hindu world should be given yoga as the most vital part of their devotional life. They discuss the lineage from Ramanuja Acharya to Krishnamacharya and the temple in Chennai.

04:00 What got a man from Krishnamacharya's home town involved with The Heart of Yoga. Discovering the practice of the unitary movement.

In this episode you will hear...

13:00 ''The whole of Hindu India should be given Yoga as the most vital part of devotional life''. From a life of seeking to a life of being present. How subtle changes affected home and work life.

28:00 Mark and Devaraj discuss stories of how aspects of Hindu society combined with Yogic ideas affect life and family relations.

39:00 Devaraj takes Krishnamacharya and Desikachar's book to the ancient temple of Ramanujar for blessing, as a Yoga participant and not a seeker.

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