Radha in 1996
With Guruji and the group in Lakshmipuram, India.
Prem assists
Photo by Viktor Bentley. In the shala at Ashtanga Yoga Bali Research Centre.
Prem and Radha
Photo taken for an AYBRC newsletter.
Volcanoes
Vistas of beautiful Bali.
Polo and Shanti
Shanti was Polo’s nanny for over 2 years. She loved him like her own baby.
Bali
Blooming lotus flower.
Prem
Photo by Viktor Bentley.
Amazing Grace
This was Christmas 1983 at the Dera in Beas, India where Prem sang the song “Amazing Grace” to Charan Singh.
Grandchildren
Guru’s grandchildren outside the front of the house.
Meditating
Now sit comfortably.
Biker Yogis
Radha rides pillion with bearded Prem.
Radha and Guruji
Radha with Guruji on his world tour in Encinitas, California.
Pat Riley
Prem and legendary NBA coach Pat Riley. Prem taught him yoga in Kauai, Hawaii.
This way
All roads lead to Ashtanga Yoga. Follow the sign at the top of Pejeng Village, close to Ubud, Bali.
A passion for food
Radha cooking in her kitchen in India, 1996.
Beautiful Bali
Rice fields and coconut trees.
Prem and his pony
Photo by Viktor Bentley. In the shala at Ashtanga Yoga Bali Research Centre.
Prem
Balancing by the river.
Cot to be kidding
Young Radha.
Do you know the way to…
Prem and a friend with the legendary Burt Bacharach.
Golden State Warriors
Prem with Tara Guber in Kauai. With her husband, she’s part of a dream team. They own the Golden State Warriors in the NBA and the Mandalay film company in Hollywood.
This idea has legs
Prem in a Sri Lankan, stilt house in 1979.
The Shanti Foundation
Out in Sri Lanka.
80’s India
Prem. Dera in Beas, India 1983.
1978
Pattabhi Jois with students posing after class.
Careful
Prem nearly killed himself on this Harley Davidson in 1995. Read about it in Prem’s book.
Reflections
Coconut palms reflect in the rice paddies.
Guruji on tour 2001 Maui
Pattabhi helping Prem in Karandavasana.
New Mexicans
Dr. Vasant Lad, Dr. David Frawley and Prem in New Mexico. They are world renown Ayurvedic specialists and authors. Prem studied with them between 1984 and 1987.
AYBRC Crew
Radha, Nyoman, Sana and Prem.
Radha in the shala
Photo by Viktor Bentley.
New Mexicans
Dr. Vasant Lad, Dr. David Frawley and Prem in New Mexico. They are world renown Ayurvedic specialists and authors. Prem studied with them between 1984 and 1987.
Family in Hawaii
Photo taken in Hawaii
Benares
Prem lived here on a boat and had diarrhoea. Read about it in Prem’s book.
Mysore
Annie Pace with Guruji on Radha’s first trip to Mysore, around the year 1995.
Unbelievable
The Taj Mahal.
Wash it away
At the water temple.
Happy and healthy
Famous Ayurvedic master, Dr. Vasant Lad and his wife Uma.
Prem and Pattabhi Jois
Prem giving Pattabhi join an assist on tour in Maui, 2001.
2001
Led Intermediate class with Pattabhi Jois.
Rooftop yoga in the Punjab
On top of the Dera where Charan Singh lived in Beas.
Radha with Guruji
Radiant Radha in 2005.
Pat Riley
NBA’s Pat Riley.
Karnataka
Radha at Lalitha Mahal Palace, East of the city of Mysore.
Ashram intensive
Kaivalyadhama Ashram, Lonavla India 1-month intensive course back in 1983.
Guruji
In Lakshmipuram from one of Radha’s trips.
Kaveri Lodge
Mysore, India and the famous Kaveri Lodge where everyone used to stay when visiting Pattabhi Jois.
Maui 2001
A led intermediate class with Pattabhi Jois in Maui. Prem and Radha are both in the picture. Radha is at the end near wall and Prem is in the middle.
Monkeys
Bali is full of them.
East of the city
Radha with friends at Lalitha Mahal Palace, Mysore.
The salon
Radha as a young girl and her mom combing her hair.
Rooftop yoga in the Punjab
On top of the Dera where Charan Singh lived in Beas.
Friends together
Radha in Mysore with Friends, 1996.
New pose
Sticking head up Asana
Oldies
Radha’s family when she was just a little baby.
Guruji class
Pattabhi Jois led Intermediate class in Kauai 2001.
Champs
Prem with Olympic Decathlon Gold Medalist, Dan O’Brien in 1996.
Babas
Radha chillin’ with the Babas in Rishikesh.
Sutra Neti
Pattabhi giving Sutra Neti to Lynn in 1979 during Prem’s first trip to Mysore. There’s a good Neti story in Prem’s book.
Newly wed
Prem and Radha toe the knot in California
Radha assist
Photo by Viktor Bentley.
Sri Lanka
Prem with a friend’s kids in Sri Lanka.
First trip to Mysore 1979
Front door step of Pattabhi Jois and his wife’s house. Prem, along with the first ever western crew to visit him in Mysore.
Buddha
At the shala at Ashtanga Yoga Bali.
Ash-t-hanging out with the stars
ER and Sopranos actress, Julianna Margulies with her boyfriend and Prem.
Rooftop yoga in the Punjab
On top of the Dera where Charan Singh lived in Beas.
Maui
Pattabhi Jois assisting Radha on the island of Maui, Hawaii.
Bali temple
Prem and Radha at Goa Gajah temple in Bali.
Oldies
The Carlisi Familia. Prem’s grandparents and their kids including Prem’s father.
Coconuts
Photo from Mysore, India.
Maui
On the Guruji tour in 1980.
Gorgeous stonework
At Ashtanga Yoga Bali Research Center.
More cuteness
Radha as a baby.
Sisters
Radha and her younger sister Stephanie.
Surfing
Prem riding the waves.
Terje Hakonsen
Prem with the famous snowboarder. 2010. Hawaii.
Radha checks them in
The reception at Ashtanga Yoga Bali Research Center.
Sack the stylist
The two women who introduced Prem to Ashtanga Yoga. You can read about this in Prem’s book.
Pattabhi Jois in Maui
Led Primary class in Maui 2001.
Chakorasana
In a temple in India.
Prem
A photo used for a visa application.
Original AYRI residence
Lakshmi Puram house and Yoga Shala around the back. The original AYRI (Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute).
Rooftop yoga in the Punjab
On top of the Dera where Charan Singh lived in Beas.
Guruji’s Grandkids
Outside his front door.
Pattabhi Jois and Prem
On tour in Maui in 2001.
Maui
Pattabhi Jois assisting Radha on the island of Maui, Hawaii.
The shala
Photo by Viktor Bentley.
There she is
A young Radha. Just 4 years old.
Monkey Business
Points for the best caption.
The Only Way Out Is In
Prem Carlisi’s book.
On HMSS
With Pierce Brosnan aka James Bond.
How much?
Shiva the rickshaw driver.
Old school
Old Yogi in Benares (Varanasi) India doing Pranayama 1979.
No strings
Prem almost levitating.
Radha and Prem assist together
Photo by Viktor Bentley. In the shala at Ashtanga Yoga Bali Research Centre.
I can see Bali from here
Prem climbing a coconut tree in Sri Lanka in 1979.
Siblings
Radha with her brother Scott and sister Stephanie.
Handstand
Prem down in old Mexico.
Prem
Photo by Viktor Bentley. In the shala at Ashtanga Yoga Bali Research Centre.
Rooftop yoga in the Punjab
On top of the Dera where Charan Singh lived in Beas.
Prem
Captured by Viktor Bentley at the AYBRC shala.
The Maui Ashtanga tribe
Guruji’s tour in 1980.
We could be here a while
Prem in Sri Lanka, stick fishing.
Baby beautiful
Prem and Shanti.
Vriskasana
Prem doing scorpion.
Rooftop yoga in the Punjab
On top of the Dera where Charan Singh lived in Beas.
Shanti and Mom
Shanti, with mom Cynthia.
Strike a pose
Radha at a temple in Mysore in 1997.
Dilium
One of Prem’s youngest yoga students in Sri Lanka. Dilium’s family is referred to in the tsunami story in Prem’s book.
Radha assists
Photo by Viktor Bentley.
At the foot of the Himalayas
Prem in Rishikesh, India, on the banks of the Ganges river in 1979.
A beautiful site
Radha’s morning flowers.
Horsing around
Prem and his horse Lucky, brother Jim and nephew Tony.
Vasisthasana
A third series pose.
Oldies
Radha’s grandparents on her mother’s side.
No thank you
Sri Lanka. Prem holding a cobra and a python around his neck.
Dream Team
The AYBRC Conference.
India
Prem and Radha with Manju & Sathu Jois.
Men at work
BKS. Iyengar and Pattabhi Jois.
Sri Lanka
Prem riding an elephant in 1979.
Thousand and one night
Radha and Prem.
Oldies
Prem’s father at the tender age of 16.
2001 Pattabhi Jois Class
Led Intermediate. 2001
Maui
Radha assisting a student during a class with Patthabi Jois on the island of Maui.
Radha and Guruji
This photo was taken in India in 1998.
The old church
Where Prem first learned Ashtanga Yoga and Pattabhi Jois came in 1978.
Ceremony
Blessings for our new shala in Bali
Baby face
Prem (not happy to be back again).
Prem with Chris Martin
Before a concert with Coldplay in 2005.
Prem & Radha’s wedding
June 22, 2013 in California with Shanti and Prem’s youngest daughter Mirabhai.
Old photo from 1975
Guruji’s first trip to Encinitas, California. Pranayama circle with David Williams, David Swenson, Nancy Gilgoff, Brad Ramsey and 2 unknowns.
Shanti met Gwyneth Paltrow
After a Coldplay concert. Prem is Chris Martin’s yoga teacher.
Prem
Hand balancing on a cliff.
You can’t un-see this
She’ll not forget it, that’s for sure.
Tim Miller, Guruji and Prem
Prem is holding Shanti. 1987 or 1988. One of Pattabhi’s tours through southern California.
Smiles
Radha with Guruji in Encinitas, California
Assist
Pattabhi Jois assists Prem in the 3rd series. The pose is Raj Kapotasana.
Prem
With Gwyneth Paltrow.
Intensives
Yoga Teacher Training in the shala in Bali.
Team Prada
Prem and Radha.
Busy shala
At Ashtanga Yoga Bali Research Center
Maui
Pattabhi Jois assisting Radha on the island of Maui, Hawaii.
Prem throwing shapes
Titthibhasana at a temple in Mysore, India.
Stripped back
Tribal Sri Lankans.
Rooftop yoga in the Punjab
On top of the Dera where Charan Singh lived in Beas.
Ashtanga Yoga Bali
Radha and Prem photographed by Viktor Bentley.
Passport picture
1983. Prem’s passport and all of his money was stolen in India. He had to travel to Madras (Chennai) to the US Embassy to get new documents. This photo was taken for his temporary passport. His mother had just died and he was on his way home.
Dan O’Brien
Olympic Gold Medalist 1996.
Who needs a ride?
Prem’s Karmen Ghia Volkswagen car when he was in College.