Mysore Yoga Traditions Part II - Kings and Yogis Documentary Project
Our passion is to honor and preserve the rich yoga culture of Mysore by documenting its great scholars and sharing their teachings with the world. We invite you to participate in the celebration and preservation of Mysore’s Yoga Heritage!
Any support we receive will go directly to the editing of the film and help us to realize our dream and share it with the world.
His Highness Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, the King of Mysore, speaking in Mysore Yoga Conference
Sri M. A. Alwar Acharya of Nathamuni Sampradaya, senior professor a the Maharaja's Sanskrit College in Mysore and organiser of Mysore Yoga Conference.
Andrew Eppler Director and Producer of Mysore Yoga Traditions part II Kings and Yogis
The King of Mysore honouring Dr. Satyanarayana, Principal of the Maharaja's Sanskrit College
Interview with Dr. TRS Sharma. At the age of 94 he still recalls the time Sri Krishnamacharya once stood upon in in Kapotasana in the famous photograph.
Interview with Dr. H. V. Nagaraj Rao, legendary Sanskrit Scholar.
Interview with Yogacharya Sridharan, chief mentor of the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandir in Chennai.
Pranams with Yogacharya Sridharan
The King of Mysore honours renowned Sanskrit scholar Dr. M A. Narasimhan
The King of Mysore honours renowned Sanskrit scholar Dr. H. V. Nagaraj Rao
Andrew Eppler and Dr. Alwar at Lakshmi Narayana Temple
Andrew and renowned Sanskrit scholar and Ayurvedic Doctor Darshan Shankar
The traditional giving of the shawl in honor of the great Dr. M. A. Narasimhan
The ceremonial lighting of the lamp with the King of Mysore
The King of Mysore honors renowned Sanskrit scholar Dr. M. A. Jayashree
Andrew Eppler, Bryce Delbridge and Joey Paz, the original Mysore yYoga Traditions crew with our revered teachers Sri BNS Iyengar, Dr. Nagaraj Rao, Dr. M. A. Jayashree and dear friend Gayatri Devi
Our crew together with Mysore's King and Dr. M. A. Alwar
Andrew Eppler and Dr. Satyanarayana, the Principal of the Maharaja's Sanskrit College
Renowned scholar and oldest living teacher of Ashtanga Yoga, Sri BNS Iyengar
Dr. Satyanarayana Principal of the Maharaja's Sanskrit College
Traditional giving of the shawm with Dr. Nagaraj Rao
Kings and Yogis documentary film will be an extraordinary journey into the heart of Mysore, India, where the ancient meets the contemporary in the birthplace of modern yoga. Kings and Yogis is not just a documentary; it's a testament to the rich culture, tradition, and spirituality that define Mysore. We aspire to create the best documentary to date on the background of modern yoga. Our access to the yoga culture of Mysore has been unprecedented!
To bring this monumental project to life, we need resources. Every contribution helps us capture the essence of Mysore yoga legacy and preserve its cultural heritage for generations to come.
Your donation will directly fund the production, filming, editing, and distribution of this transformative documentary. By supporting Kings and Yogis, you're not just supporting a film; you're contributing to the preservation of a legacy.
10% of the proceeds of Kings and Yogis will go to the creation of the Sri Krishnamacharya Yoga Museum in the room where Sri Krishnamacharya once taught asana classes in the
Sanskrit College near Mysore Palace.
We are 100% committed to this project, and we will bring it to life no matter what! This is a labor of love, and we will make any sacrifices necessary to realize our dream. We are determined to do the best and most thorough job possible, and we definitely require resources to do this. Now begins the arduous task of editing and putting our amazing footage in order to tell the beautiful story of Mysore’s yoga legacy.
We have already filmed several powerful, in-depth interviews with key figures such as the King of Mysore, His Highness Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, the Principal of the Maharaja's Sanskrit College, the Superintendent of Jaganmohan Palace, as well as the spiritual leader of Nathamuni Sampradaya, the spiritual tradition to which Sri Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, the father of modern yoga, belonged. In this captivating documentary, we aim to unravel the intricate history and connection between Mysore's great kings, who were also yogis, and their ancient spiritual traditions. We will explore Mysore's rich cultural heritage as we explore the background of the yoga legacy that has touched millions of lives around the world.
We will tell the history of modern yoga through the hearts and minds of Mysore’s Royal Family and Sanskrit community, including its foremost scholars, philosophers, and asana teachers. While our initial documentary, Mysore Yoga Traditions, dealt primarily with 19th-century yoga history, Kings and Yogis explores several hundred years before that and provides the international yoga community a glimpse of the rich and beautiful yoga tradition, or parampara, from which at least half of all modern postural yoga practices have originated.
Join us in exploring the roots of modern yoga and the timeless wisdom of Mysore, India! Together, let's shine a light on the cultural treasures of the yoga tradition of Mysore, which has directly influenced at least half of all asana practices in the world today, touching millions of lives through Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, Iyengar Yoga, Viniyoga, and countless derivative forms of yoga.
Donating to the Kings and Yogis Documentary Project is a tangible way to give back to a yoga tradition that has touched your life and millions of others. Donate today and be a part of this extraordinary cinematic journey. Thank you for your generosity and commitment to funding a project that will bring us closer to the yoga we love to practice.
More about Mysore Yoga Traditions
In 2017, we produced our first documentary, "Mysore Yoga Traditions," which shed light on the invaluable Sanskrit community of Mysore as we asked them to tell the story of yoga in their community. It was then that we recognized a pressing need to safeguard and document the profound wisdom passed down by the great scholars and teachers in Mysore, who embody the essence of Yoga and Indian Knowledge Systems. It became evident that their wealth of knowledge, steeped in history and tradition, is at risk of being lost with time.
We were astounded by the remarkable recollections and profound insights shared by the elders, underscoring the urgency to preserve this heritage. Moreover, we discovered that the ancient palm leaf manuscripts which contain many of India's yoga texts are deteriorating rapidly, posing a threat to the preservation of vast volumes of yoga literature in the near future. Since 2016, we have been actively engaged with the Sanskrit community in Mysore.
In 2019, we initiated the Mysore Yoga Conference to provide a platform for the global yoga community to interact with the brilliant scholars of Mysore. Additionally, we launched the Mysore Yoga Traditions Online Studies Program, aiming to make the yogic knowledge of Mysore accessible to individuals worldwide.
Our mission is to honor the Yoga Community of Mysore. We are deeply committed to our own learning journey and we enjoy sharing our discoveries with the international yoga community. As a token of appreciation for any help we receive with our project we will be delighted to share some of our courses.
Rewards for your donations to Kings and Yogis Documentary Project
Donate $50 or more and get a free download of Mysore Yoga Traditions.
Donate $200 or more and get a free download of our Katha Upanishad Course which includes 9 hours of lectures by Dr. Nagaraj Rao. This course goes deep into the foundations of Indian philosophy and deals with the nature of death, the essence of the soul, and the means of liberation.
Donate $500 or more and get our Pranayama the Next Step course which dives deep into the essence of Hatha Yoga and gives the complete pranayama system of Sri B. N. S. Iyengar
Donate $1000 or more and get our philosophy of Ashtanga Yoga 100hr Training which includes lectures by many of Mysore’s brightest scholars.
Donate $5000 or more and get a free 200Hr Online training with Mysore Yoga Traditions that has been created with the help of many of the Sanskrit scholars of Mysore. Our training is recognized by Yoga Alliance and Samskriti Foundation in Mysore.
Donate $10,000 or more and have your name mentioned in the credits of the film as a coproducer as well as having your choice of any of the rewards mentioned above.
Want to see the work we have already done? Check out our first film,
Mysore Yoga Traditions!
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