The goddess pose

After hearing an interview with the author on Fresh Air, I was interested to learn more about Indira Devy, who is characterized as the main reason yoga was brought to the West.

While the topic is interesting and Indira Devy certainly lead a colorful life, I found myself getting a bit bogged down. Now, to be fair, that may be because I've had many things going on in my personal life, including not going to yoga the last few months. Or, it may be that the chronological presentation of Indira's life and her interaction with various major figures in yoga didn't catch my fancy as I had hoped.

Oddly, the book describes many pictures, but doesn't include any of them. I find pictures very interesting in biographies, autobiographies, and other historical information, so the lack of them in this book knocked it down a bit.

Overall, an interesting topic which I'll try to return to when less distracted.