This may well be the same video that Clifford Sweattie ( http://www.pranaairways.com) referred to in the comments to my earlier post
"This spring another Advanced A video that has never been published will be posted to our website. It is similar to the intermediate video in that our small group didn’t know video cameras would greet us that day in a garage in Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii".
Clifford also mentioned that these video recordings were spur of the moment things with somebody surprising everyone by turning up with a camera. That suggests that this was perhaps a regular led Advanced class rather than a demonstration.
"There was nothing scripted about these sessions or Guruji’s methods other than the asana sequence and vinyasas. There were cameras in class snapping photos from time to time but video shoots were rare and unexpected for most of us".
see also
Clifford Sweatte VIDEO: Pattabhi Jois' led Intermediate series Ashtanga 1989 Larger class, Mixed ages and abilities from Clifford Sweatte
from the Youtube info for this video
Amazing Teaching from Guruji , absolute knowledge in the most convenient way, simple and appropriate.
To Guruji Sri K. Pattabhi Jois and to all the senor Ashtanga Vinyasa Teachers that have set the foundations for this spiritual evolution through that amazing method, thank you so much with all my heart!
Kristina Ireland Karitinou
This video was found in the records of Derek Ireland. A friend sent this to Derek back in 1996 or 97.
UPDATE
This just in from Eddie Stern's Ashtanga yoga New York via Christine Hoar of Bristol Yoga
Special big up to Christine Hoar of Bristol Yoga for providing the year, location and names of the students practicing in the third series video that was recently posted by Kristina Karitinou on YouTube (and in our last post here).
From Christine’s email:
for what it’s worth….the folks in the video are:
brad ramsey
clifford sweatte
chuck miller
sandy harrington
stephanie gilgoff (nancy’s sister)
helena berg
lynne heiman (ricky’s wife)
clifford sweatte
chuck miller
sandy harrington
stephanie gilgoff (nancy’s sister)
helena berg
lynne heiman (ricky’s wife)
you can see ricky come in at about 1:45 into the video, chatting with guruji.
it is circa 1985. and was filmed in ricky’s garage in kona, hawaii.
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Crete. 1998 Ashtanga Primary series demonstration Kristina Karitinou, Derek Ireland (without the five breaths in the asana)
3 comments:
Thank you thank you very much
Anthony:
Almost certain this was shot in 1985 and yes, this is the Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii garage I mentioned to you, hot stuff!. Guruji was on a two year cycle in those days between trips to the USA and the next Advanced A video is 1987 (www.pranaairways.com).
He began traveling more that year, I remember a session in San Francisco being his only original student mixed with a large group of Iyengar students, wish I could locate that video! He also was in Santa Cruz and in Santa Barbara at Ganga White's and Tracey Rich's White Lotus Foundation that fall.
Thank you for sharing his teaching with so many,
Clifford Sweatte
@pranaairways
1985? Thank you for the clarification '89 was a guess based on your other video. I've put up a post with the videos, thank you again for your comments which put these videos in more context.
http://grimmly2007.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/clifford-sweattes-1985-guruji-led.html
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