In contrast, although Sunita was extremely successful in her lifetime, she was not effectively able to institutionalize her system of Pranayama Yoga, which now has little visibility. Iyengar Yoga, named after and developed by B. I will argue that the way Iyengar successfully institutionalized his charisma into the British adult education system was a direct contributing factor to his system’s worldwide popularization. Both cases provide examples of how personal charisma in teaching yoga were incorporated into a highly bureaucratic, state-funded adult education system in 1960s England. Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom.
This chapter explores the mechanisms of how the guru-śiṣya charismatic relationship was institutionalized by examining as case studies B.K.S. This chapter argues that the global popularity of Modern Postural Yoga rests heavily on a movement away from direct guru-śiṣya interaction. Most contemporary yoga enthusasists receive their instruction not from a ‘guru’, but from a yoga teacher who holds a recognized qualification and caries professional indemnity insurance.
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