Guest guest Posted April 29, 2002 Report Share Posted April 29, 2002 >"Ashwini Kumar" >First Lady of Yoga >Mon, 29 Apr 2002 21:11:23 -0400 > >Indra Devi, First Lady of Yoga, Passes On at Age 102Source: >http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/116/obituaries/Indra_Devi_102_popularized_ >yoga+.shtml >BUENOS AIRES, April 26, 2002: Russian-born Indra Devi, known to >followers as >the ''first lady of yoga'' who taught Hollywood how to stretch its >limbs in >the 1940s, died at 102 yesterday in Argentina, her home for the past >17 >years. Born in 1899, Ms. Devi went to India in 1927, drawn by its >spirituality, and 10 years later was admitted to an ashram to study >a >discipline previously almost closed to women. She opened the first >US yoga >studio in California in 1947 and introduced the ancient Eastern >practice, >which blends strenuous physical stretches with spiritual balance, to >stars >like Gloria Swanson and violinist Yehudi Menuhin. Her popular books >''Forever Young,'' ''Forever Healthy,'' ''Yoga for Americans'' and >five >others are credited with helping spread hatha yoga, which emphasizes >the >physical exercises popular with stressed-out urbanites all over the >world. >Her organization, Fundacion Indra Devi, can be reached at >mataji (AT) uol (DOT) com.ar. > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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