K. Pattabhi Jois 'Authorized Level 2' teachers are able to teach up to where they learned in intermediate series. Certified teachers have learned the third series and beyond and are able to teach accordingly. His first trip to the West was in 1974 to South America, to deliver a lecture in Sanskrit at an international yoga conference. In 1975 he stayed for four months in Encinitas, California, marking the beginning of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga in the US. He had said on many occasions that only twenty or thirty students practiced Ashtanga Yoga in America then, but, 'gradually, gradually, in twenty years, it will
Bir Bikram The film was commercially successful at box office. The film's unrelated sequel starring Superstar Paul Shah, Barsha Siwakoti and Najir Hussain is in production. Bir (Dayahang Rai) and Bikram(Anoop Bikram Shahi) who are Best Friend have different thoughts about what they are going to be when they are older. Bir tries helps when Bikram doesn't have any money to educate himself but they separate from each other when they are 6 years old but Bir gives a 1 rupee coin which has text saying "Bir Bikram". After the separate Bir becomes a country boy (farmer) but Bikram becomes a teacher