{"product_id":"21580-menuhin-yehudi-1953-photograph-of-menuhin-and-instructor-vithaldas-practicing-lion-pose","title":"Menuhin, Yehudi. (1916–1999) 1953 Photograph of Menuhin and instructor Vithaldas practicing Lion Pose","description":"AP press photo, from \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eLife\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, dated New York, February 5, 1953, of the great violinist with yoga instructor Vithaldas practicing a lion pose.  With article-length caption; in full:  \"Violinist In Training: Violinist Yehudi Menuhin won the raves of music critics at a recent recital in New York and he was hailed as a 'revitalized performer.'  Yehudi thinks his training in Yoga (Webster: Mental discipline consisting in the direction of attention exclusively upon any object with a view to the identification of consciousness with the object) may be the answer.  He has been studying for a year.  Here he goes through part of the training with his instructor Vithaldas (right).  The act is called a Simhasana (lion pose) and is designed to help the eyes and throat.  Menuhin says Yoga is the only form of exercise convenient for a touring musician and claims it gives him a sense of 'general well-being'.\" Handstamp, \"Library Houston Post,\" to verso.  8.75 x 6.5 inches (21.5 x 16.5 cm).  Photo in excellent condition; caption frayed to lower edge.\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eThe caption makes it clear that yoga (note that the term was capitalized) was still completely unfamiliar in the U.S. at the time.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093786218655,"sku":"21580","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Menuhin_2C_Yehudi_1953_Photograph_of_Menuhin_and_instructor_Vithaldas_practicing_Lion_Pose_21580.jpg?v=1722190345","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/21580-menuhin-yehudi-1953-photograph-of-menuhin-and-instructor-vithaldas-practicing-lion-pose","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}