Reddit reviews Astanga Yoga Including the Benefits of Yoga Chikitsa I & II Series

John Scott and Lino Miele are the original two 'western' teachers who learned the vinyasa count and documented it in the first book. All the poses are learned in Sanskrit. All the ancient yogic texts are written in Sanskrit (hatha yoga pradipika, sutras, etc). Pattabhi and his wife were Sanskrit scholars, as Mysore has a Sanskrit college there are a lot of people who work with Sanskrit in this city. And I'm guessing it evolved naturally when he started teaching to students who knew English to keep them in the practice without breaking the concentration. I wonder how he taught Indian students before the westerners came... Did he use english counts with them too?