Yogacharya T. Krishnamacharya
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praNAm to my guru-s |
T.K.V. Desikachar
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Discovering Self through Yoga Sutra and the Mahabharata
Three extraordinary teachers have mentored me when in very difficult phases of my life, namely; J Krishnamurti, Yogacharya Krishnamacharya and Pulin K Garg. I was intimately involved with them for more than a decade from my late twenties. This engagement not only transformed me, it evoked from me my service orientation, my sAdhana. My work revolves around helping individuals, groups and organizations discover their dharma, and become the best they can be. This aligns with my own personal sAdhana.
Formally trained as an engineer with an MS in Bio-Medical Engineering from IIT, Madras, I have been in immersive involvement in questions of human life. In academic areas, I have been Cofounder of the Sumedhas Academy of Human Context since 1995, and of the Barefoot Academy of Governance with TISS since 2012. As Director of FLAME TAO Knoware Pvt Ltd my work spans the commercial world of consulting by helping redesign the client organization for greater alignment and synergy. Currently my wife Sashi and I, donning our role as Chief Mentors are working on nurturing people on a Sacred Quest at Ritambhara Ashram, situated in the beautiful Nilgiris.
The basic context of my work is rooted in the study of the Yoga Sutra and contemporised through an embodied exploration of the Mahabharata. The various offerings of Ritambhara that deploy theater, dance, art and contemplative conversations enable a person to explore ones archetypal energies, inner drama, role propensities, group dynamics, and the sAdhana of a karma yogi. The goal of this exploration is to discover how to live one's life in a way that is rasAtmic (full of joy) and simultaneously a pursuit of excellence. The books authored by me like "Leadership Dharma" provide thought-provoking frameworks drawn from Indic Wisdom for understanding leadership and culture-building.
Formally trained as an engineer with an MS in Bio-Medical Engineering from IIT, Madras, I have been in immersive involvement in questions of human life. In academic areas, I have been Cofounder of the Sumedhas Academy of Human Context since 1995, and of the Barefoot Academy of Governance with TISS since 2012. As Director of FLAME TAO Knoware Pvt Ltd my work spans the commercial world of consulting by helping redesign the client organization for greater alignment and synergy. Currently my wife Sashi and I, donning our role as Chief Mentors are working on nurturing people on a Sacred Quest at Ritambhara Ashram, situated in the beautiful Nilgiris.
The basic context of my work is rooted in the study of the Yoga Sutra and contemporised through an embodied exploration of the Mahabharata. The various offerings of Ritambhara that deploy theater, dance, art and contemplative conversations enable a person to explore ones archetypal energies, inner drama, role propensities, group dynamics, and the sAdhana of a karma yogi. The goal of this exploration is to discover how to live one's life in a way that is rasAtmic (full of joy) and simultaneously a pursuit of excellence. The books authored by me like "Leadership Dharma" provide thought-provoking frameworks drawn from Indic Wisdom for understanding leadership and culture-building.
Mahabharata : A Mirror to the Self TEDxCBIT
Principles and Practice of Governance and Management
Ahmisa Conversation
Lectures on the Yoga Sutra
Yoga SamvAd - Dialogues on Yoga
Wisdom Talk Series
Responding to a Crisis Through Antaranga Yoga
Exploring Idea of Centre
Yoga Samvād with Eddie Stern
Yoga Samvād with Shabnam Virmani
Wisdom Talks - How to dance with your shadows
The Yoga of Desikachar - International Yoga Day 2021
Truth & Reconciliation Dialogues - Exploring Indic Heritage & Its Current Reality
Antaranga Yoga - Yoga of the Mind
Indica Conference - Antaranga Yoga & The Mind of the Researcher
Antaranga Yoga - The Yoga of Transformation - Global Festival of Yoga by Indica Yoga
World Wisdom Perspectives and Cultural Traditions on Aging & Spirituality
Principles and Practice of Governance and Management
Ahmisa Conversation
Lectures on the Yoga Sutra
Yoga SamvAd - Dialogues on Yoga
Wisdom Talk Series
Responding to a Crisis Through Antaranga Yoga
Exploring Idea of Centre
Yoga Samvād with Eddie Stern
Yoga Samvād with Shabnam Virmani
Wisdom Talks - How to dance with your shadows
The Yoga of Desikachar - International Yoga Day 2021
Truth & Reconciliation Dialogues - Exploring Indic Heritage & Its Current Reality
Antaranga Yoga - Yoga of the Mind
Indica Conference - Antaranga Yoga & The Mind of the Researcher
Antaranga Yoga - The Yoga of Transformation - Global Festival of Yoga by Indica Yoga
World Wisdom Perspectives and Cultural Traditions on Aging & Spirituality
The sAdhana of a karma yogi
My colleagues in Ritambhara Ashram and I have designed a series of immersions, work-shops, explorations and dialogues that enable inner transformation and enable them to take up the sAdhana to become the best one can be in every aspect of one’s life. We endeavour to awaken the persons dream and enable them to work with it in a way that is mindful. The practices that are derived from the Yoga Shastra-s enable a deep introspective process of discovering one’s inner propensities and potentials. Since the experiential learning process involves an internalization of yogic practices of self-healing, dialogue and contemplation, the Ritambhara offerings are not only life changing events, but also practices that enable continuous growth and evolution of the person.
My colleagues in Ritambhara Ashram and I have designed a series of immersions, work-shops, explorations and dialogues that enable inner transformation and enable them to take up the sAdhana to become the best one can be in every aspect of one’s life. We endeavour to awaken the persons dream and enable them to work with it in a way that is mindful. The practices that are derived from the Yoga Shastra-s enable a deep introspective process of discovering one’s inner propensities and potentials. Since the experiential learning process involves an internalization of yogic practices of self-healing, dialogue and contemplation, the Ritambhara offerings are not only life changing events, but also practices that enable continuous growth and evolution of the person.
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Leadership Dharma
"Are you an Arjuna in a Yudhishtra organization? Are your Bheema employees holding your Nakula organization to ransom?" These analogies from the eternal epic Mahabharatha by Raghu Ananthanarayanan is a thought provoking framework for solving problems of Role effectiveness and culture building. Meaningful for start ups and large organizations alike!
Ranjan is an entrepreneur, a natural Bhīma. His organisation is stagnating. “In doing what I am doing, what am I really doing? How am I part of the problem?” he asks. By using the Mahabharata as a mirror, and through an intense dialogue with his wife Sanam and his friend Prof. Anantha Saptaparni. Ranjan discovers the seeds of the other Paandava heroes that lie within him.
Like Arjuna he embarks on a quest: He identifies his heroic propensities, peers into his shadow self, unleashes his hidden potentials, recovers his sense of purpose, and the eternal spring of energy. Like the bow that must be drawn deeply, and aimed carefully to shoot a true arrow, Ranjan emerges with new reserves of strength connected to the wisdom that lies within him anchored in an expanded capacity to meet challenges and play effective roles. Read More
Ranjan is an entrepreneur, a natural Bhīma. His organisation is stagnating. “In doing what I am doing, what am I really doing? How am I part of the problem?” he asks. By using the Mahabharata as a mirror, and through an intense dialogue with his wife Sanam and his friend Prof. Anantha Saptaparni. Ranjan discovers the seeds of the other Paandava heroes that lie within him.
Like Arjuna he embarks on a quest: He identifies his heroic propensities, peers into his shadow self, unleashes his hidden potentials, recovers his sense of purpose, and the eternal spring of energy. Like the bow that must be drawn deeply, and aimed carefully to shoot a true arrow, Ranjan emerges with new reserves of strength connected to the wisdom that lies within him anchored in an expanded capacity to meet challenges and play effective roles. Read More
Coaching
We place the basic context of the coaching in the framework of the Mahabharata Heroes. We will be working with the coachee at the level of inner propensities and potentials. Through the coaching we endeavor to awaken the persons dream and enable them to work with it in a way that is mindful. In doing this, the coachee will be able discover and awaken their own inner wisdom, as well as become capable of becoming the “best that they can be”.
The areas of coaching can be broadly termed as Life coaching, Leadership coaching and Career coaching. The coach will facilitate the dialogue in a client centric manner. Read more
The areas of coaching can be broadly termed as Life coaching, Leadership coaching and Career coaching. The coach will facilitate the dialogue in a client centric manner. Read more
