Millions of Americans practice yoga as a workout, a spiritual exercise or a combination of the two. Those who wonder if their pigeon pose or sun salute carry centuries of Hindu tradition from India to ...

Millions of Americans practice yoga as a workout, a spiritual exercise or a combination of the two. Those who wonder if their pigeon pose or sun salute carry centuries of Hindu tradition from India to ...

The history of yoga practice is primarily a history of men. While today’s superstar female teachers may salute the sun in spandex and headsets, women have been disciples rather than leaders in the ...

That yoga pose you've been practicing may not be as ancient as you thought. In fact, journalist Michelle Goldberg says that most of the poses that we do in modern yoga classes have no antecedent ...

In the heyday of post-WWII Hollywood, Indra Devi found an audience she could bend to her will. Her clients included the bored housewives of Hollywood heavyweights and starlets like Greta Garbo. She ...

Indra Devi, one of the first Western women to study yoga in India, who later taught it to several Hollywood stars, has died. She was 102. Devi, who at 99 was still performing demanding yoga poses, ...

In an era where women, regardless of family, status, or wealth, were looked down upon and treated as second-class citizens, especially in developing nations like India, Rajkumari Indira Raje, the then ...

In the early twentieth century, when royal alliances were currency and compliance was expected of princesses, Indira Devi of Baroda rewrote the script entirely. Born in 1892 to Maharaja Sayajirao ...

While many fawn over the actors, rich businesswoman, wives of billionaire businessmen, influencers and other, for their fashion sense, there was woman who could give today’s best looking trendiest ...

Maharani Indira Devi of Cooch Behar discovered delicate Lyon chiffon in France and brought it to India, transforming a European fabric into a lightweight, elegant saree that would later be popularised ...