You can't always believe a yoga instructor. Remember he/she is out there to make money. Traditional yoga was always taught in Ashrams- charitable hermitages in India where you are not expected to pay anything, be it for food, medicine, accomodation, religion or yoga.
"You can't always believe a yoga instructor. Remember he/she is out there to make money."
Well, if you read some of the traditional hatha yoga texts, such as Shiva Samhita, Geranda Samhita, Hatha Yoga Pradipika, and so on, you will find many references that support what I said in my previous post. Of course, traditional Hatha yoga as described in those text have almost nothing to do with what is taught as Hatha yoga these days.
"Traditional yoga was always taught in Ashrams- charitable hermitages in India where you are not expected to pay anything, be it for food, medicine, accomodation, religion or yoga."
I don't pay for anything for yoga instruction beyond perhpas the price of an occassional cup of tea. Ashrams which do charitable work are good, but realistically there are probably very few there who have experienced the deeper levels of yoga because they are too busy with their service activities. The fact is that it is very hard to find a real yoga teacher whether you are in India or the U.S.