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