Description
A must read if you wish to understand why modern yoga is the way it is. The story of Indra Devi, the woman who pioneered yoga in the West is a fascinating exploration of an independent woman and the myriad complexities of her personal yoga and promoting and practicing yoga at a time when it was virtually unheard of. Touching on women’s changing roles throughout the 20th century, the origins of modern practice and the paradox of celebrity and visual culture in yoga.
New York Times best-selling author Michelle Goldberg tells the globetrotting story of the incredible woman who brought yoga to the West. When Indra Devi was born in Russia in 1899, yoga was virtually unknown outside of India. By the time of her death, in 2002, it was being practiced around the world. Here Michelle Goldberg tells the globetrotting story of the incredible woman who helped usher in a craze that continues unabated to this day. A sweeping picture of the twentieth century that travels from the cabarets of Berlin to the Mysore Palace to Golden Age Hollywood and beyond, The Goddess Pose brings the Devi’s little known but extraordinary adventures vividly to life.
Hardback with a beautiful gilt cover.
