I‘d like to take a moment and offer my condolences to the family, friends and students of the remarkable Sri Krishna Pattabhi Jois, one of the great spiritual leaders of our day, who passed away yesterday at the blessed age of 93. Pattabhi Jois was the creator of Ashtanga Yoga and is one of those responsible for reviving and popularizing the lost practice of Yoga.

As a student of Ashtanga Yoga, Pattabhi Jois holds a special place in my heart and it was long my desire to go to study with him in Mysore. Events kept me from doing so and now I will not be able to study with him as I planned… at least not on this plane.

I highly recommend his book Yoga Mala for anyone interested in expanding their awareness of Yoga. For me, there is quite a bit of overlap between Reiki and Yoga, and once you get to the higher (spiritual) levels of either, they look remarkably similar. Both are first and foremost, spiritual paths… so I guess its easy to picture these paths leading to the same place.

In closing, here’s a short video of Pattabhi Jois covering a few of the finer points of Yoga… notice how so much of it is quite similar to Reiki. R.I.P. Guruji!!!

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For further explanation or discussion, your thoughts are most welcome and highly encouraged, please feel free to comment below!!!