Indra Devi
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Eugenie Peterson, known as Indra Devi, was a pioneering teacher of yoga as exercise, and an early disciple of Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, the "father of modern yoga".
Indra Devi, upper left, in her distinctive sari; 1963 album cover
(left to right) Harry Lehrer, Jean R. Miller, Anne T. Hill, Indra Devi in Los Angeles in 1965
Ardha Chandrasana Yoga Asana Nina Mel
Female Ascetics LACMA M.2011.156.4
Yoga as exercise
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Yoga as exercise is a physical activity consisting mainly of postures, often connected by flowing sequences, sometimes accompanied by breathing exercises, and frequently ending with relaxation lying d
Indra Devi
…Евгения Васильевна Петерсон, romanized: Yevgeniya Vasilyevna Peterson; 12 May 1899 – 25 April 2002), known as Indra Devi, was a pioneering teacher of yoga as exercise, and an early disciple of Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, the "father of modern yoga". She went to India in her twenties, becoming a film star there and…
Women in an outdoor yoga community class, Texas, 2010
Yoga was originally a spiritual practice based on meditation. Statue from Java, 13th century.
Postures in Niels Bukh's 1924 Primary Gymnastics resembling Parighasana, Parsvottanasana, and Navasana, supporting the suggestion that Krishnamacharya derived some of his asanas from the gymnastics culture of his time
"The father of modern yoga" Krishnamacharya teaching yoga in Mysore, 1930s