Sathu Jois is the daughter of Manju Jois and granddaughter of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois.
Manju Jois, Ashtanga Yoga guru of Mysore, South India, is the eldest son of Sri K. Pattabhi
Jois, recognized worldwide as the foremost authority on Ashtanga Yoga.
Sathu Jois is the daughter of Manju Jois, Ashtanga Yoga guru of Mysore, South India, is the eldest son of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, recognized worldwide as the foremost authority on Ashtanga Yoga.
In 1975, Pattabhi and Manju introduced Ashtanga Yoga to the West during a trip to California.
Sathu attended her first yoga class in Sweden as an infant and grew up interested in Ashtanga Yoga, traveling with her father to 34 countries as his assistant. From a young age, she aspired to become a yoga teacher like her father.
The Mysore style of asana practice is the way of teaching yoga as exercise within the Ashtanga (vinyasa) yoga tradition as taught by K. Pattabhi Jois in the southern Indian city of Mysore; its fame has made that city a yoga hub with a substantial yoga tourism business.
Mysore style differs from the usual way of teaching yoga. The class is not “led” as a whole, but rather all instruction is one-on-one within the group class setting. Students practice their own portion of the Ashtanga sequence of asanas at their own pace.[3] The teacher assists each student individually by giving physical adjustments & verbal instruction.