Over the course of her life, she taught and diffused yoga in China, India, Russia, the United States, Mexico, and beyond-she became one of the most impactful teachers and is credited as one of the most influential global diffusers of yoga.Ī well-known master teacher trainer of Kundalini Yoga (as taught by Yogi Bhajan), Krishna Kaur has taught the art of Kundalini Yoga and Self Awareness for over 40 years. In 1937, she was admitted to his school, winning her the title of the first woman chela (pupil) and notably the first western woman ever at an Indian ashram. Though her achievements, impact, and influence are impossible to narrow down, she is best known as a pioneer in the teaching of yoga and one of the earliest yoga disciplines of Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, an instructor considered the father of modern yoga. Though Devi died in 2002 at the age of 102, she is (and always will be) considered instrumental in both the global diffusion of the practice of yoga as well as specifically in the United States. Lovingly referred to as the first lady of yoga, Indra Devi was perhaps one of the most influential early practitioners of yoga in the United States in the mid-to-late 1940s.
Read: A Call for Sisterhood in the Yoga Studio In honor of March, which is Women’s History Month, in honor of women everywhere, and in honor of the way women have shaped the world of yoga, we present to you a few of the influential female yogis women who have had exceptional impact on our world through their yoga instruction. Many female instructors-some who have come long before us, some who are currently practicing, and some who have yet to begin instructing-have and will continue to make their marks on yoga, changing it-and us-forever. Over time-from the first few moments that yoga was becoming popularized in western states to our present reality-influential, powerful, and inspiring women played immensely crucial roles in transforming the landscape of yoga. The current, modern landscape of yoga looks entirely different than when the practice first crossed into the United States so many years ago-it’s revolutionized, it’s mainstream, and it’s for everyone. Jumping into the 20th century, yoga was becoming a global practice and known around the world-at this time, though, yoga was mostly associated with men. Though yoga has existed as a practice of enlightenment and physicality for centuries, its foray into western countries (and especially the United States) can still be considered fairly new.
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