The Goddess Pose: Audacious Life Of Indra Devi Woman Who Helped Bring Yoga To West Michelle Goldberg Corsair Αγγλικά Βιβλία Social Sciences Philosophy

When The Woman Who Would Become Indra Devi Was Born In Russia 1899 Yoga Virtually Unknown Outside Of India By Time Her Death 2002 It Being Practiced Everywhere From Brooklyn To Berlin Ulaanbaatar Goddess Pose New York Times Best-Selling Author Michelle Goldberg Traces Life Incredible Brought West And So Doing Paints A Sweeping Picture Twentieth Century Into Minor Aristocracy (As Eugenia Peterson) Grew Up Midst One Most Turbulent Human History Forced Flee Russian Revolution As Teenager She Joined Famous Cabaret Troupe Dove Vibrant Prewar Spiritualist Movement At Nearly Unthinkable For Young European Travel Alone Followed Charismatic Theosophical Leader Jiddu Krishnamurti Once On Subcontinent Performed Indian Silent Cinema Hobnobbed With Leaders Independence But Greatest Coup Convincing Recalcitrant Master Yogi Train Secrets His Art Go Share What Learned People Around World Teaching Shanghai During War Ii Then Hollywood Where Students Included Gloria Swanson Greta Garbo Ran School Mexico Height Counterculture Served Spiritual Adviser Colonel Tried Overthrow Panamanian Strongman Manuel Noriega Eighties Moved Buenos Aires Invitation Besotted Rock Star Went Evangelized Ushering Global Craze That Continues Unabated Written Vivid Clarity Brings Remarkable Story An Actress Globetrotting Adventuress Σελίδες: 336 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0411 Διαστάσεις: 20X20Cm