Michelle Goldberg Boeken

Born in Russia in 1899, the woman who would become Indra Devi entered a world where yoga was largely unknown outside India. By her death in 2002, yoga had become a global phenomenon. In this captivating narrative, Michelle Goldberg chronicles the extraordinary life of the woman who introduced yoga to the West, while also reflecting on the sweeping changes of the twentieth century. Devi, originally Eugenia Peterson, grew up amidst significant turmoil, fleeing the Russian Revolution as a teenager. She joined a renowned Berlin cabaret troupe and immersed herself in the prewar spiritualist movement. Defying conventions, she traveled alone to India to follow Theosophical leader Jiddu Krishnamurti. In India, she not only acted in silent films but also mingled with independence leaders. Her most significant achievement was persuading a master yogi to teach her his art. Devi shared her knowledge globally, teaching in Shanghai during World War II and later in Hollywood, where her students included notable figures like Gloria Swanson and Greta Garbo. She operated a yoga school in Mexico during the counterculture era, advised a colonel in Panama, and moved to Buenos Aires in her eighties. Throughout her life, Indra Devi championed yoga, sparking a lasting global craze. This vivid account brings her remarkable journey as an actress, yogi, and adventurer to life.

‘Without free speech there is no true thought.’ –Jordan Peterson‘You’re telling me I’m being sensitive, and students looking for safe spaces that they’re being hypersensitive. If you’re white, this country is one giant safe space.’–Michael Eric DysonIs political correctness an enemy of free speech, open debate and the free exchange of ideas? Or is it a progressive force, eroding the dominant power relationships and social norms that exclude marginalised groups from society?

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