Pamene mutenga kalasi ya yoga yamakono, zimakhala zachilendo kumva mphunzitsi akunena za momwe nzeru yakale ya yoga imakupatsani zida zothandizira moyo wamakono. Zimakhala zosavomerezeka, ndipo nthawi zina zimanenedwa momveka bwino, kuti zogawenga za yoga zomwe mukuzichita ndizokalamba kwambiri, ndipo izi zakale zam'mawa ndi zozizwitsa zakum'mawa zimagwiritsidwa ntchito kupatsa mphamvu ndi ulamuliro ku zovuta.
Koma zoona za nkhaniyi ndikuti ndi zochepa zokhazokha ( zokhala pansi zopanda malire ), zingatheke kutsatila zaka zopitirira mazana angapo. Zambiri zotsalira ndizozipangizo zamakono zatsopano .
Mu mulungu wamkazi: Life Auditous in Indra Devi, Mkazi Yemwe Anathandizidwa Kubweretsa Yoga Kumadzulo, mtolankhani Michelle Goldberg amagwiritsa ntchito moyo wa Devi ngati lenti ngakhale kuti awone kukwera kwa yoga m'zaka zapitazi. Devi's biography ndilo ndondomeko yaikulu ya bukhuli, koma zochitika za ulendo wa yoga kupita kuzinthu zonse zimakhala zosawerengeka. Ndizosangalatsa momwe Goldberg amatha kufotokozera mobwerezabwereza mmene yoga ikukwera ndi zomwe zinayambira pakati pa chikhalidwe cha kum'mawa ndi kumadzulo. Pafupi kukumana kulikonse komwe Devi ali nako ndi zomwe akuganiza kuti ndi zoona chikhalidwe cha Indian chimapezeka kuti chilimbikitsidwa ndi zochitika za ku Ulaya kapena za America, zomwe zimalimbikitsa lingaliro loti kudalirika kwa mtundu umodzi wa ntchito kapena wina ndi wopanda pake.
Chiyambi cha Indra Devi
Atabadwira Eugenia Peterson ku banja lachi Russia lapamwamba ku Riga, Latvia, Devi anali ndi zaka zoyambirira pamene anakumana ndi buku lomwe linachititsa chidwi chake ku India. Bukhu, Zolemba Zinayi ndi Zinayi mu Yogi Philosophy ndi Masewero Achi Oriental , adatchedwa Yogi Ramacharaka, koma kwenikweni analemba ndi William Walter Atkinson waku Chicago.
Atkinson anali wogwirizana kwambiri ndi New Thought, yomwe Goldberg imalongosola ngati "pulogalamu yothandizira." Ngakhale kuti bukuli ndilokhalitsa, Goldberg akulemba kuti "kugwirizana kosadziwika kwauzimu ndi ku Occidental kudzikuza" kumene kumaimira ndi chizindikiro mu moyo wa Devi ndi kusintha kwa yoga. Pambuyo pa nkhondo yoyamba ya padziko lapansi, guru loyamba la Devi linali lophatikizidwa ndi mphamvu za Kumadzulo ndi Kum'mawa. Ngakhale kuti Krishnamurti inali yeniyeni ya Indian, bungwe limene iye anali mtsogoleri wa uzimu linali chipangidwe chakumadzulo chotchedwa Theosophy. Zinali ngati wotsatira wa Krishnamurti kuti Eugenia Peterson anapita koyamba ku India ndipo anayamba moyo wokondweretsa moyo wauzimu wa India umene ungamutsogolere kuchokera ku guru mpaka ku guru, kukhala Indra Devi panjira.
Indra Devi ndi Yoga
Devi potsiriza anadza kuphunzira ndi mwamuna yemwe nthawi zambiri amatchedwa atate wa yoga yamakono: T. Krishnamacharya , omwe ophunzira ena anali BKS Iyengar ndi Sri K. Pattabhi Jois. Koma ngati mukuganiza kuti Devi adzakumane ndi mwambo weniweni wa yoga muzochitika izi, ganiziraninso. Njira yomwe Krishnamacharya yomwe inakhazikitsidwa pansi pa ulamuliro wa Maharajah wa Mysore inali yowonjezereka, nthawi ino ya miyambo ya ku India ndi masewero a kumadzulo a kumidzi ndi masewera olimbitsa usilikali, okonzedwera anyamata omwe amapita kusukulu ku nyumba yachifumu.
Njirayi idzakhala Ashtanga Yoga motsogoleredwa ndi Jois. Pambuyo poyamba kukana kutenga mkazi wa kumadzulo monga wophunzira, Krishnamacharya adaphunzitsa Devi ambiri a asanas ake ndi ma pranayama zovuta kwambiri kuposa momwe anagwiritsira ntchito anyamata. Pamene adachoka ku Mysore pambuyo pa miyezi isanu ndi itatu, Krishnamacharya adalamula Devi kuti apite kudziko lapansi ndikufalitsa zomwe adaphunzira, zomwe adazichita ku Shanghai ndipo kenako adakakhala ku US ndi South America, kumadera ena ambiri adakhala ndikuyenda.
Pulezidenti wa Pachikulire imaphatikizapo zolemba zambiri zochititsa chidwi komanso zodziwikiratu za moyo wa Devi, kuchokera kuzinthu zake monga zojambula zojambula ku Russia madzulo a Russian revolution, wofufuza ku India akulimbana ndi ufulu, komanso mphunzitsi wa yoga ku Shanghai pa Dziko Lachiwiri Nkhondo.
Monga Goldberg akufotokozera, bizinesi ya Devi imamuika m'madera ena ofunika kwambiri m'zaka za m'ma 2000. Pambuyo pake Devi anadza ku US, komwe adagwiritsa ntchito maulendo ake onse paulendo wake kuti akhale mphunzitsi wa yoga ku Hollywood nyenyezi (Greta Garbo, Gloria Swanson) ndi amayi apamwamba pogwiritsa ntchito ntchito yake ku Elizabeth Arden spas. Iye analemba mabuku angapo ogulitsidwa kwambiri omwe amagulitsa kwambiri kuphatikizapo malangizo a yoga. Mkhalidwe wake wapadera ndi njira yake yodziŵikirako inathandiza kwambiri kusuntha yoga kuchokera ku esoteric kupita ku malo wamba, kulola Goldberg kuti afotokoze mwatsatanetsatane momwe mbiri ya yoga imasinthira nthawi zonse m'malo mwa chikhalidwe chimodzi chosasweka.