Three gurus who made yoga, an ancient Indian practice cool in the West | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

Three gurus who made yoga, an ancient Indian practice cool in the West | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

By Lifestyle Desk |New Delhi |Updated: June 22, 2019 1:30:55 pm

Three gurus who made yoga, an ancient Indian practice cool in the West

In many ways, Indra Devi, BKS Iyengar and Bikram Choudhury can be counted as major forces who popularised yoga in America. 

One of the most ancient practices in India, Yoga features prominently in Hindu traditions. (Source: YouTube)

Yoga might have had originated in India, but its transfiguration and growth into the form we’re more familiar with took place in the West.