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Bishnu Charan Ghosh was born in a well to do Bengali family in Lahore, the youngest of eight children of Bhagabati Charan Ghosh (1853–1942) and brother of Mukunda Lal Ghosh, better known by his spiritual name, Paramahansa Yogananda. [1] [2] His parents' guru was Lahiri Mahasaya, who taught Kriya Yoga. [2]
Bikram Yoga is a system of hot yoga, a type of yoga as exercise, spread by Bikram Choudhury and based on the teachings of B. C. Ghosh, that became popular in the early 1970s. [1] Classes consist of a fixed sequence of 26 postures , practised in a room heated to 105 °F (41 °C) with a humidity of 40%, intended to replicate the climate of India .
Sri Aurobindo's concept of the Integral Yoga system is described in his books, The Synthesis of Yoga and The Life Divine. [64] The Life Divine is a compilation of essays published serially in Arya. Sri Aurobindo argues that divine Brahman manifests as empirical reality through līlā , or divine play.
Paramahansa Yogananda (born Mukunda Lal Ghosh; January 5, 1893 – March 7, 1952) was an Indian and American Hindu monk, yogi and guru who introduced millions to meditation and Kriya Yoga through his organization, Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF) / Yogoda Satsanga Society (YSS) of India—the only one he created to disseminate his teachings.
The Mysore style of asana practice is the way of teaching yoga as exercise within the Ashtanga (vinyasa) yoga tradition as taught by K. Pattabhi Jois in the southern Indian city of Mysore; its fame has made that city a yoga hub with a substantial yoga tourism business.
Integral yoga, sometimes also called supramental yoga, is the yoga-based philosophy and practice of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother (Mirra Alfassa). [1] Central to Integral yoga is the idea that Spirit manifests itself in a process of involution , meanwhile forgetting its origins.
MacGregor is the creator of the Miami Yoga Magazine started in 2012, [19] and the online yoga and holistic platform Omstars in 2017. [20] Together with her husband Tim Feldmann, [21] she opened the yoga studio Miami Life Center in Miami Beach, Florida in 2006. [22] In 2008, Yoga Journal named MacGregor on its list of top 21 teachers under 40. [23]
Autobiography of a Yogi has introduced meditation and yoga to many Westerners since its publication. [25] Its success has also made Yogananda a distinguished figure in India, where commemorative stamps were issued in 2017 to honor him. [26] The book has many famous advocates, particularly in the business and entertainment communities.