Uma uthatha isigaba se-yoga, kuyavame ukuzwa uthisha ebhekisela endleleni ukuhlakanipha kwe-yoga yakudala okukunika ngayo amathuluzi okubhekana nokuphila kwanamuhla. Kuyekezwa, futhi ngezinye izikhathi kuchazwe ngokucacile, ukuthi ukukhubazeka kwe-yoga owenzayo ngokwabo kuyimdala kakhulu, futhi le mvelaphi yasendulo yaseMpumalanga isentshenziselwa ukunikeza amandla negunya kuma-poses.
Kodwa iqiniso lendaba ukuthi yizimbalwa ezilula kakhulu ( ukuhlala ehlelekile , isibonelo) kungalandelwa emuva kunoma yiminyaka engamakhulu ambalwa. Iningi lezimo ezilandelayo ziyizinto eziningi ezenziwe kamuva .
In The Goddess Pose: I-Auditous Life ku-Indra Devi, Owesifazane Osize Walethe Yoga eNtshonalanga, umlobi wezincwadi uMichelle Goldberg usebenzisa impilo kaDevi njengelensi noma yikuphi ukubuka ukunyuka kwe-yoga kulekhulu leminyaka elidlule. I-biography kaDevi iyona umugqa oyinhloko webhuku, kodwa izimo zohambo luka-yoga ukuya ezivamile ziyisikhathi esingezansi. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi i-Goldberg ikwazi kanjani ukubonisa ngokuphindaphindiwe indlela ukukhuphuka kwe-yoga kwakuwumkhiqizo wengxoxo eqhubekayo phakathi kwemikhuba yamasiko aseMpumalanga naseNtshonalanga. Cishe konke ukuhlangana kukaDevi kunalokho akucabanga ukuthi kuyiqiniso kwamasiko aseNdiya kubonakala sengathi kuye kwaba nomthelela emithonjeni yaseYurophu noma yaseMelika, eqinisa umqondo wokuthi ukufakazela ubuqiniso benhlobo eyodwa ngaphambi kokuba usebenzise noma okunye akunalutho.
Imvelaphi ye-Indra Devi
U-Eugenia Peterson eya emndenini waseRussia ohloniphekile eRiga, eLatvia, uDevi wayeseneminyaka eyishumi nambili lapho ehlangana nencwadi eyabangela isithakazelo sakhe eNdiya. Incwadi ethi Izifundo Eziyishumi Nanye ku-Yogi Philosophy naseMicrosoft Occultism , yabizwa ngoJogi Ramacharaka, kodwa empeleni yabhalwa uWilliam Walter Atkinson waseChicago.
U-Atkinson wayezibandakanya ngokujulile ku-New Thought, okuyinto i-Goldberg echaza ngayo ngokuthi "uhlelo lokuzimela olwesekela". Yize le ncwadi ngokwayo iyingxenye, i-Goldberg ibhala ukuthi "ukuhlanganiswa okungavamile kwezingokomoya zaseNdiya kanye ne-occidental self-improvement" okumele kubonakalise kuyimpawu ekuphileni kukaDevi nokuziphendukela kwe-yoga. Ngemuva kweMpi Yezwe I, i-guru yokuqala kaDevi yayiyindlela efanayo ye-hybrid yamathonya aseWestern and Eastern. Nakuba iKrishnamurti yayingumNdiya ngokusemthethweni, inhlangano eyayiyiyo umholi ongokomoya yayisungulwa entshonalanga okuthiwa iTheosophy. Kwakunjengomlandeli weKrishnamurti ukuthi u-Eugenia Peterson waqala ukuya eNdiya futhi waqala ukuphila okuthakazelisayo nemimoya yaseNdiya eyayizomholela ekubeni yi-guru kuze kube yi-guru, abe ngu-Indra Devi endleleni.
I-Indra Devi ne-Yoga
Ekugcineni uDevi wafunda nomuntu ovame ukubizwa ngokuthi nguyise we-yoga yanamuhla: UT. Krishnamacharya , owathi abanye abafundi bahlanganisa i- BKS Iyengar no-Sri K. Pattabhi Jois. Kodwa uma ucabanga ukuthi u-Devi uzothola ekugcineni isiko se-yoga kulesi siqephu, cabanga futhi. Indlela uKhishnamacharya eyakhiwe ngaphansi kokuphathwa kukaMaharajah waseMysore kwakungenye indlela yokuxuba, le nkathi yesiko laseNdiya kanye nokuzivocavoca zasentshonalanga nokuqeqeshwa kwezempi kolisthenics, eyenzelwe abafana abancane ababeya esikoleni esigodlweni.
Le ndlela yayizoba i- Ashtanga Yoga ngaphansi kokuqondiswa kukaJois. Ngemuva kokungafuni kokuqala ukuthatha owesifazane waseNtshonalanga njengomfundi, uKrishnamacharya wafundisa uDevi amaningi ama-asanas akhe nama- pranayama umzimba ngendlela engathandeki kakhulu kunokuba ayisebenzise abafana. Ngesikhathi eshiya i-Mysore ngemuva kwezinyanga eziyisishiyagalombili, uKhishnamacharya wamangalela uDevi ukuba angene emhlabeni futhi asakaze lokho ayekufundile, okwenza kuqala eShanghai futhi kamuva lapho esekelwe e-US naseNingizimu Melika, phakathi kwezinye izindawo eziningi ayehlala nazo.
I-Pose Goddess ihlanganisa ama-anecdotes amaningi athakazelisayo nokuqonda ngokuphila kukaDevi, kusukela ekuzijabuliseni kwakhe njengomdlali wezemidlalo osemusha eYurophu ekupheleni kwe-revolution yaseRussia, umfunayo eNdiya olwa nokuzimela, kanye nomfundisi we-yoga eShanghai ngesikhathi sezwe lesibili Impi.
Njengoba i-Goldberg ibonisa, i-biography kaDeves imbeka kwezinye zezindawo ezibaluleke kakhulu zenguquko ekhulwini lama-20. Ekugcineni uDevi wafika e-US, lapho esebenzisa khona ukuxhumana okwakungena kulo lonke uhambo lwakhe lokuba uthisha we-yoga kuya ezinkanyezini zaseHollywood (u-Greta Garbo, uGloria Swanson) nabafundi bezindlu eziphezulu ngomsebenzi wakhe ku-Elizabeth Arden spas. Wabhala izincwadi eziningana zokuthengisa ezithengisa kakhulu ezihlanganisa imfundo yoga. Isizinda sakhe nesindlela sakhe esiyingqayizivele sasiza ekuthutheleleni i-yoga kusuka esoteric kuya endaweni evamile, evumela i-Goldberg ukuba ikwazi kahle indlela umlando ka-yoga uhlala ngayo ekuziphendukeleni kwemvelo esikhundleni senkambiso eyodwa engavamile.