On Aug 6, 2008, at 6:18 PM, authfriend wrote: >> I remember those. I believe it was relatively reasonable, 650 or >> 850 IIRC. I'm thinking lates 80's early 90's. > > The hatha yoga course was one of several the > centers were supposed to be offering, if they > could get enough people to sign up. I can't now > remember what the others were. Probably at least > one was about Ayur-Veda. Another may have been > the pranayam course Vaj mentions. > > When I first heard of them, in the early '90s, > they cost $1,200. They were said to be like > getting another advanced technique. > > I think I remember they were called "12 Lesson > Courses." That was the overall name.
It would probably be very beneficial to the current TM people and the attraction of future serious practitioners if they really did continue with this type of thing. If you want to revive something, you really should include it in your offerings. I remember first getting the various 'Switzerland pranayamas' off of an old inside circle governor and years later finding the sources in traditional yogic texts. It was some good stuff. M. was a great collector of techniques. Very simple and not overly complicated. When these were first marketed, (and this might better mark their TMO origin) it was during Chopra's initial Ayurvedic implementation. They called hatha-yoga "neuro-muscular integration" and pranayama "neuro- respiratory integration". I still think those are actually good names for their underlying yogic sciences. I always wondered if the Mahesh-Deepak breakup lead to these being minimized. Anyone know any other details?
