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DEVI Indra

from Russian origin, she was born May 12, 1899 in Riga and died on the 25th of April 2002 in Buenos Aire, Argentina.

from Russian origin, she was born May 12, 1899 in Riga and died on the 25th of April 2002 in Buenos Aire, Argentina. She was the first Western woman to be accepted as a disciple by Sri Krishnamacharia. She became a famous teacher of yoga. Jean Claude Garnier discovered yoga thanks to one of her books and this discovery was a turning point in his life.

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The Institute · Brussels

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At the Ashtanga Yoga Institute, these words don't stay on the page: they are lived, breath after breath. We have been transmitting traditional Ashtanga in Brussels for over fifty years, in the lineage of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois — each posture adjusted individually, even in a group class. Here, you don't read yoga: you practise it, guided.

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