You are a Yogi !  Sutras and Asanas     consists of over 60 unique photographs Andreas Wisniowski has taken in Karnataka, India. As subtitles to the portraits showing Swamijis and novices practising yogasanas, the author's wife, Andrea, has   selected  sutras attributed to Patanjali and treatises from the Bhagavatgita and the Upanishads and   engaged with  beautiful hymns of Basava and Akka Devi, the poets and illustrious figures of the   Lingayats, as well. Her renderings are to be found in chapter VI. You are a Yogi!  is a book which   addresses everybody who, regardless of age and gender, has a keen interest in India and in one of the   oldest religious and spiritual Yoga practices. It is, likewise,  a great visual experience: the spectacular   photographs it comprises are a joy to look at and a great gift for those who derive pleasure from aesthetic   encounters. This book is a tribute to the young yogis and proponents of Lingayatism, a statement to a   profound and fascinating culture.                                                             Photographs: Andreas Wisniowski   Preamble: Andrea Wisniowski      Du bist ein Yogi              Vorwort    Eine wohl gemeinte Empfehlung des berühmten Maestros der Keralakalamandalam Art and    Performance  Academy, wonach unverfälschtes Yogitum nirgendwo sonst als bei den Lingayats im    südindischen Karnataka vorzufinden sei, führte mich zu der Tempelanlage, deren Name, schnell    ausgesprochen, sich wie siivyogman-diram anhört. Shivayoga, der Gott aller Yogis, und Mandira,    Tempel, - zwei zu einem Wort verschmolzene Begriffe - erklären dieses Gefüge: Shivayogamandira!       Drums     Keralakalamandalam Art and Performance Academy     Karnataka India Young Swamijis, Yogis,  Karnataka Yoga Sandalen. Pada Raksha. Western Ghats,  Paduka sandals                 YOGADARSANA                               by                   SRI PATANJALI                       BENARES                             1911              VAMANAULI. Yoga. Asana.                          Karnataka. India.           Yoga ist weder für den, der allzu                viel isst, noch für jenen, der                über das Maß hinaus fastet.              Er ist nicht für den, der allzu               viel schläft, noch für jenen,               der übertrieben viel wacht.                         (Bhagavadgita)                                                               Lale, Maralal National Sanctuary, Kenya - "World Art - Africa"                                                                                                           Maralal National Sanctuary, Kenya Monsun - Ganges, monsoon - 1976, India Morocco, Kasbah - Explorer point                                                                                  Three friends -  Mombasa, Kenya,  Andreas Wisniowski