My Teacher Sheshadri

Sri V. Sheshadri belongs to a handful who have had the privilege to study with the founding father of modern yoga Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, as well as with Pattabhi Jois, BKS Iyengar and BNS Iyengar. Sheshadris' teaching style is very much "hands on" with students receiving plenty of adjustments, some of which can be quite intense. 

According to atmashaktiyoga.com, in his early yoga teaching years, Sheshandri "expanded his practice to include volunteer  teaching at a local school for blind children. It was here where having to rely mainly on touch to articulate the postures, he  developed the extraordinary teaching  style that he has become best known for."

Sheshadri teaches Mysore style only, with a led class about once a month.  Mysore style is a particular asana practise, where students go through their own assigned sequence at their own pace, while the teacher assists with physical adjustments and verbal ques, based on each student's individual level.

Besides being a phenomenal yoga teacher, Sheshadri, as he says, is a farmer. He has a large farm outside of Mysore where he grows anything from rice to bananas. A large part of the proceeds from his harvest goes as donation to the community.  His generousity and honesty in everyday life is very much apparent in his teaching, as he gives each class 110 percent.  He even gives adjustments in Savasana.  "Lay face down", he says and climbs on a students spine walking and pressing with his feet, cracking, adjusting, releasing, healing.

At the end of the class he sits outside the room and awaits students questions, or just engages in a friendly chat.

Tip:

As of 2007 Sheshadri has been teaching one month a year in Europe, usually France, Germany and Austria. This year he plans a visit in May, schedule to be confirmed.

Footnote:

By Fernando Pages Ruiz about Sri Krishnamacharya in Yoga Journal, 2001

"Whether you practice the dynamic series of Pattabhi Jois, the refined alignments of BKS Iyengar, the classical postures of Indra Devi, or the customized vinyasa [of Desikachar], your practice stems from one source: a five-foot, two-inch Brahmin born more than one hundred years ago in a small south Indian Village."