These two pictures appeared -- separately -- in the inbox last week.
Dharma MIttra -- on the streets of NYC. Notice the straight arms and fingers; this is also the correct method in ashtanga vinyasa yoga.
Guruji -- after recovering enough to come down to the shala two weeks ago.*
*Which reminds me: Students should practice ahimsa and stop bringing sweets and chocolates to Guruji, as it will only cause a relapse. It doesn't matter how much he likes it: sugar is very bad for him.
That v-neck t-shirt is ten kinds of cute.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous request from The Internet, if you have a moment - those white marks on Jois's forehead put me in mind of some similar markings I recently saw on the face of Indian Chess Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran, as here - http://tinyurl.com/3ydugb - I take it they are badges of status, class, or merit, but I'm wondering if different types/sizes/shapes of markings mean different things - a visual vocabulary, as it were. Any idea?
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ReplyDeleteRegarding the white (tilak) marks; there are usually three thick stripes, which denote a worshipper of Shiva. An upside-down wishbone with a spot of red denotes Vishnu, and so on. More here:
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Thank you very much for the explanations!
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