The Goddess Pose: The Audacious Life of Indra Devi, the Woman Who Helped Bring Yoga to the West

Synopsis

Born Eugenia Peterson In Early 20th Century Russia, Indra Devi Was A Rebel From Earliest Childhood. In The 1930s She Fled To Berlin, And Then - Driven By Her Passion For Yoga And A Fascination With Yogic Philosophy - She Journeyed To India, At A Time When Unaccompanied Young European Women Were Unheard Of. In India She Performed Perhaps Her Greatest Feat - Convincing Even The Most Recalcitrant Yogis, From Krishnamurti To Krishnamacharya, To Reveal To Her The Secrets Of Their Art. Written With Vivid Clarity, And Describing The Extraordinary Spread And Popularisation Of A Philosophical Movement, This Book Brings Indra Devi's Little-known But Wholly Remarkable Story To Life.