Krishnamacharya did not invent modern yoga out of whole cloth. Krishnamacharya and his disciples (ie, Jois) created the modern branch of Ashtanga Yoga, incorpor

Krishnamacharya did not invent modern yoga out of whole cloth. Krishnamacharya and his disciples (ie, Jois) created the modern branch of Ashtanga Yoga, incorporating calisthenics and other physical movements within the preexisting framework of Asanas & Pranayama. Hatha Yoga, as represented here in the Yoga Pradeepika, is independent of Krishnamacharya & overwhelmingly more popular in India than Ashtanga.