In the development of yoga, women were also an excluded group at first. In ancient India, the birthplace of yoga, the social hierarchy was strict and the status of women was low. At that time, yoga was considered as wisdom that only men could practice. Nowadays, countless modern women acquire yoga knowledge through yoga practice and make themselves healthy and beautiful. This change is due to a great woman. It was she who broke through the shackles of ancient ideas and dared to accept challenges, and finally let women all over the world see and experience the beauty of yoga. She is the first lady of western yoga-Indra Devi.

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The First Lady of Western Yoga —— Indra Devi

In the history of modern yoga, a woman plays an important role. Her footprints are all over the world, from Europe to Asia, from the South Indian Ocean to the Western Pacific, from the Indian Palace, China to the high-end apartments in Manhattan, new york. She met Krishna Machaya at the bottom of her life and met yoga. After learning yoga and healing herself, she undertook the mission of spreading yoga, expanding yoga from the wisdom of ancient India to a healthy trend suitable for everyone, so that more people, especially women, can understand and practice yoga and benefit from it. She is the first lady of western yoga-Indra Devi.

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Indra Devi 1899 was born in Riga, the former Soviet Union, which is now the capital of Latvia. Her father is Swedish, a bank manager and her mother is a beautiful playwright. When Indra Devi/Kloc was 0/5 years old, she came across a book called Fourteen Lessons of Yoga Philosophy and Oriental Mystery. This book. "India" and "yoga", these distant and magical terms, are churning in the girl's heart. She thinks she must go there in her life. This seed, which was planted at the age of 15, really germinated and came true after several years.

Indra devi was born in a wealthy family, graduated from Moscow Theatre Academy, became an actor, and soon had many admirers. Much like my mother's experience, a rich banker soon proposed to her. Indra devi accepted the proposal, but hinted that she wanted to realize her childhood dream of going to India first. 1927 In September, she started her first trip to India. After the trip, she returned the ring to the banker and told him regretfully that she had found her soul. "My home is there." India.

Many people know the later story. Indra Devi, somehow, suffered from severe heart pain. I met Krishna Machaya when I couldn't find a cure anywhere. As a foreigner and a woman, Indra Devi's process of starting yoga study was not smooth. At that time, Krishna Machaya still had the traditional idea that he could not teach foreign women yoga. However, Indra Devi did not give up. She wrote in a later record, "He can work miracles: he can stop the heart, cut off the power in the distance, and then turn it on. He can't get rid of me. " So, under various requirements, Krishna Machaya finally accepted her, but asked her to pass the difficult course test. For example, refuse any "dead" food, including meat, flour, rice, and even any vegetables that grow in the ground. Indra Devi passed the test and finally got one-on-one targeted guidance from Krishna Machaya.

"You are leaving us now," Krishna Machaya told Indra Devi before she left India. "You will teach yoga. You can do it, and you will do it. " Facts have also proved Krishna Machaya's words. 1939 Indra Devi opened the first yoga school in Shanghai, located in a residence in Song Meiling. Among her students, many Russians and Americans. From 65438 to 0947, she went to America and opened a yoga studio in Hollywood. A large number of stars followed her to practice yoga. This includes the famous sexy goddess-Marilyn Monroe.

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1953 Indra Devi sorted out her experiences and understandings in yoga in recent years and published the book Forever Young and Forever Healthy & gt, which soon became a famous best seller. The wisdom of yoga learned from Krishna Machaya opened the door to female yoga for Indra Devi. Through her improvement and dissemination, yoga, especially yoga that can make women young and healthy, has become a popular trend all over the world.

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