there are four photographs of krishnamacharya's "yogasala" showing the hall and students. the chapter on asanas is illustrated with 95 monochrome photographs, each of an individual performing the named pose. many are of krishnamacharya himself; others are of his students, including t. r. s. sharma as a boy, or of keshavamurthy, stated by elliott goldberg to be his favourite student, who performs difficult poses such as durvasasana (standing with one leg behind the neck). some poses, such as krishnamacharya demonstrating mayurasana, are on a tiger skin.