A trailblazer in the world of yoga, Indra Devi was born as Eugenie Peterson in Latvia (then Russian empire) in 1899, she became known as the "First Lady of Yoga" for her pioneering efforts in ...

Millions of Americans practice yoga as a workout, a spiritual exercise or a combination of the two. Those who wonder if their pigeon pose or sun salute carry centuries of Hindu tradition from India to ...

In her new book, Michelle Goldberg traces the Western practice of yoga to a Russian woman named Indra Devi. Goldberg says that many of the poses... Those Yoga Poses May Not Be Ancient After All, And ...

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That yoga pose you've been practicing may not be as ancient as you thought. In fact, journalist Michelle Goldberg says that most of the poses that we do in modern yoga classes have no antecedent ...