Today, I read an article on Yoga Journal about Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, the man who "modernized" yoga and helped bring it to world outside of India--without ever leaving! It was a great background on the history of yoga.Something I found particularly interesting was that although Krishnamacharya grew up in a patriarchal society, he believed that yoga should be practiced and studied by women, also. The author indicated that this was a position he took later in his life as it took Indra Devi some persistence to change Krishnamacharya's mind to take her on as a student. Indra eventually taught yoga to many high-profile people in the west.
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