I loko o kona ola lōʻihi, ua hoʻololi nui ʻo Evgenia Peterson i kona ola i nā manawa he nui - mai kahi wahine honua i kahi mataji, ʻo ia hoʻi, "makuahine", he kumu aʻo ʻuhane. Ua huakaʻi ʻo ia i ka hapalua o ka honua, a ma waena o kāna mau kamaʻāina ʻo nā hōkū Hollywood, nā loea India, a me nā alakaʻi o ka ʻaoʻao Soviet. Ua ʻike ʻo ia i nā ʻōlelo he 12 a ua manaʻo ʻo ia i ʻekolu mau ʻāina i kona ʻāina hānau - ʻo Rūsia, kahi i hānau ʻia ai, ʻo India, kahi i hānau hou ai a kahi i hōʻike ʻia ai kona ʻuhane, a me Argentina - ka ʻāina "aloha" o Mataji Indra Devi.
ʻO Evgenia Peterson, i ʻike ʻia e ka honua holoʻokoʻa ʻo Indra Devi, ua lilo ʻo ia i "wahine mua o yoga", he kanaka nāna i wehe i nā hana yogic ʻaʻole wale i ʻEulopa a me ʻAmelika, akā i ka USSR.
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Evgenia Peterson ma Riga i ka makahiki 1899. ʻO kona makuakāne ke alakaʻi o kahi panakō Riga, he Swede ma ka hānau ʻana, a ʻo kona makuahine he mea hoʻokani operetta, he punahele o ka lehulehu a he hōkū o nā salons secular. ʻO kahi hoaaloha maikaʻi o ka Petersons ʻo ia ke mele mele nui ʻo Alexander Vertinsky, ka mea i ʻike mua i ka "hiʻohiʻona" o Evgenia, e hoʻolaʻa ana i ka mele "Girl with whims" iā ia:
"He kaikamahine me ka maʻamau, he kaikamahine me ka makemake,
ʻAʻole "kahi" ke kaikamahine, ʻaʻole like me nā mea ʻē aʻe ... "
I ka wā o ke Kaua Honua Mua, ua neʻe ka ʻohana o Evgenia mai Riga a St. Petersburg, kahi i puka ai ke kaikamahine me ka hanohano mai ka hale haʻuki a, me ka mālama ʻana i nā moeʻuhane o ke kahua, komo i ke keʻena keaka o Komissarzhevsky, nāna i ʻike koke i kahi haumāna akamai.
ʻO ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kenekulia XNUMX he manawa o ka hoʻololi ʻana ʻaʻole wale i ka ʻoihana politika, akā he manawa hoʻi o nā loli honua i ka ʻike kanaka. Hōʻike ʻia nā salons Spiritist, ʻike ʻia nā palapala esoteric, heluhelu nā ʻōpio i nā hana a Blavatsky.
ʻAʻole ʻokoʻa ka ʻōpio ʻo Evgenia Peterson. Ma kekahi ʻano, ua hāʻule i loko o kona mau lima ka puke ʻumikūmāhā mau haʻawina ma yoga Philosophy a me Scientific Occultism, āna i heluhelu ai i ka hanu hoʻokahi. ʻO ka hoʻoholo i hānau ʻia ma ke poʻo o kahi kaikamahine hoihoi i maopopo a pololei - pono ʻo ia e hele i India. Eia naʻe, ʻo ke kaua, ka hoʻololi ʻana a me ka neʻe ʻana i Kelemania i waiho i kāna mau hoʻolālā no ka manawa lōʻihi.
I Kelemānia, Eugenia e hoʻomālamalama i ka hui o ka Diaghilev Theatre, a i kekahi lā i ka huakaʻi ma Tallinn i 1926, i kona hele ʻana a puni ke kūlanakauhale, ʻike ʻo ia i kahi hale kūʻai puke liʻiliʻi i kapa ʻia ʻo Theosophical Literature. Ma laila ʻo ia e aʻo ai e mālama koke ʻia kahi ʻaha kūkā o ka Anna Besant Theosophical Society ma Holland, a ʻo kekahi o nā malihini ʻo Jiddu Krishnamurti, he mea haʻiʻōlelo a me ke akeakamai India kaulana.
ʻOi aku ma mua o 4000 poʻe i ʻākoakoa no ka ʻaha kūkā ma ke kūlanakauhale Dutch o Oman. ʻO Spartan nā kūlana - kahua hoʻomoana, meaʻai meaʻai. I ka wā mua, ua ʻike ʻo Eugenia i kēia mau mea he mea hoʻomākeʻaka, akā ʻo ke ahiahi i hīmeni ai ʻo Krishnamurti i nā mele kapu ma Sanskrit, ua lilo ia i mea hoʻololi i kona ola.
Ma hope o hoʻokahi pule ma kahi hoʻomoana, ua hoʻi ʻo Peterson i Kelemānia me ka manaʻo paʻa e hoʻololi i kona ola. Ua kauoha ʻo ia i kāna kāne hoʻopalau, ʻo ka mea panakō Bolm, ʻo ka makana hoʻopalau he huakaʻi i India. Ua ʻae ʻo ia, me ka manaʻo he ʻano manaʻo pōkole wale nō kēia o kahi wahine ʻōpio, a e haʻalele ana ʻo Evgenia i laila no ʻekolu mahina. Ma hope o ka huakaʻi ʻana i India mai ka hema a i ka ʻākau, i kona hoʻi ʻana i Kelemania, hōʻole ʻo ia iā Bolm a hoʻihoʻi i ke apo iā ia.
Haʻalele ʻo ia i nā mea āpau a kūʻai aku i kāna hōʻiliʻili nani o nā huluhulu a me nā mea nani, haʻalele ʻo ia i kona ʻāina ʻuhane hou.
Ma laila ʻo ia e kamaʻilio ai me Mahatma Gandhi, ka mea haku mele ʻo Rabindranath Tagore, a me Jawaharlal Nehru he pilina ikaika ʻo ia no nā makahiki he nui, kokoke i ke aloha.
Makemake ʻo Evgenia e ʻike iā India e like me ka hiki, hele i nā haʻawina hula o ka luakini mai nā mea hula kaulana loa, a aʻo i ka yoga ma Bombay. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke hoʻopoina i kāna mau hana hana - ua kono ʻo ka luna kaulana ʻo Bhagwati Mishra iā ia i kahi hana ma ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻo "Arab Knight", ʻo ia hoʻi i koho ai i ka pseudonym Indra Devi - "akua lani".
Ua hōkū ʻo ia i nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni Bollywood hou aʻe, a laila - me ka manaʻo ʻole nona iho - ʻae ʻo ia i kahi noi male mai ka Czech diplomat Jan Strakati. No laila, ho'ololi hou'o Evgenia Peterson i kona ola, a lilo i wahine wahine.
Ma ke ʻano he wahine a ka diplomat, mālama ʻo ia i kahi salon, e lilo koke nei i mea kaulana me ka poʻokela o ka hui colonial. ʻO nā hoʻokipa pau ʻole, nā hoʻokipa, nā soirees i hoʻopau iā Madame Strakati, a kahaha ʻo ia: ʻo kēia ke ola ma India i moeʻuhane ai ka ʻōpio puka o ka hale haʻuki Zhenya? Ke hele mai nei kahi manawa o ke kaumaha, kahi e ʻike ai ʻo ia i kahi ala i waho - yoga.
E hoʻomaka ana e aʻo ma ka Yoga Institute ma Bombay, hui ʻo Indra Devi me ka Maharaja o Mysore ma laila, nāna i hoʻolauna iā ia iā Guru Krishnamacharya. - ka mea hoʻokumu o Ashtanga yoga, kekahi o nā kuhikuhi kaulana loa i kēia lā.
ʻO nā haumāna a ka guru he mau kāne ʻōpio wale nō mai ke koa caste, nona i hoʻomohala ai i kahi ʻano koʻikoʻi i kēlā me kēia lā: hōʻole i nā meaʻai "make", ala aʻe a hoʻopau, hoʻomaikaʻi i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana, ke ola ascetic.
No ka manawa lōʻihi, ʻaʻole makemake ka guru e ʻae i kahi wahine, a ʻoi aku hoʻi he haole, i loko o kāna kula, akā ua hoʻokō ka wahine paʻakikī o kahi diplomat i kāna pahuhopu - ua lilo ʻo ia i haumāna nāna, akā ʻaʻole i manaʻo ʻo Krishnamacharya e hāʻawi iā ia. nā ʻae. I ka wā mua, ua paʻakikī loa ʻo Indra, ʻoiai ʻoiai ua kānalua ke kumu iā ia a ʻaʻole i hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo. Akā ke hoʻoneʻe ʻia kāna kāne i ka hana diplomatic ma Shanghai, loaʻa iā Indra Devi kahi hoʻomaikaʻi mai ke guru iā ia iho e hana i kahi hana kūʻokoʻa.
Ma Shanghai, ʻo ia, aia ma ke kūlana o "mataji", wehe i kāna kula mua, e noi ana i ke kākoʻo o ka wahine a Chiang Kai-shek, ʻo Song Meiling, he kanaka haipule yoga.
Ma hope o ka pau ʻana o ke Kaua Honua II, hele ʻo Indra Devi i ka Himalayas, kahi i hoʻomaikaʻi ai i kāna mau akamai a kākau i kāna puke mua, ʻo Yoga, e paʻi ʻia ma 1948.
Ma hope o ka make ʻole ʻana o kāna kāne, ua hoʻololi hou ka mataji i kona ola - kūʻai aku ʻo ia i kāna waiwai a neʻe i Kaleponi. Ma laila ʻo ia e ʻike ai i ka ʻāina momona no kāna mau hana - wehe ʻo ia i kahi kula i hele ʻia e nā hōkū o ka "Golden Age of Hollywood" e like me Greta Garbo, Yul Brynner, Gloria Swenson. Ua kākoʻo nui ʻia ʻo Indra Devi e Elizabeth Arden, ke poʻo o ke aupuni cosmetology.
Ua hoʻohālikelike ʻia ke ʻano o Devi no ke kino ʻEulopa, a ua hoʻokumu ʻia i ka yoga maʻamau o ka sage Patanjali, i noho i ka makahiki XNUMX BC.
Ua kaulana ʻo Mataji i ka yoga ma waena o nā kānaka maʻamau., ua hoʻomohala i kahi hoʻonohonoho asana i hiki ke hana maʻalahi i ka home e hoʻomaha i ke kaumaha ma hope o ka hana paʻakikī.
Ua male ʻo Indra Devi no ka lua o ka manawa ma 1953 - i ke kauka kaulana a me ka humanist Siegfried Knauer, ka mea i lilo i kona lima ʻākau no nā makahiki he nui.
I nā makahiki 1960, ua kākau nui nā nūpepa Komohana e pili ana iā Indra Devi ma ke ʻano he yogi wiwo ʻole nāna i wehe i ka yoga no kahi ʻāina komunista paʻa. Hele ʻo ia i ka USSR, hui me nā luna o ka pāʻina kiʻekiʻe. Eia naʻe, ʻo ka huakaʻi mua i ko lākou ʻāina hānau mōʻaukala e lawe wale mai i ka hōʻino wale - ʻo ka yoga no ka USSR kahi hoʻomana hikina pohihihi, ʻaʻole ʻae ʻia no kahi ʻāina me ka wā e hiki mai ana.
I ka makahiki 90, ma hope o ka make ʻana o kāna kāne, haʻalele ʻo ia i ka International Training Center for Yoga Teachers ma Mexico, hele ʻo ia i Argentina me nā haʻiʻōlelo a me nā seminar a hāʻule i ke aloha me Buenos Aires. No laila, ʻike ka mataji i ke kolu o ka ʻāina hānau, "he ʻāina aloha", ʻoiai ʻo ia i kapa iā ia - ʻo Argentina. Ma hope o ka huakaʻi ʻana i nā ʻāina o ʻAmelika ʻAmelika, i kēlā me kēia wahine ʻelemakule e alakaʻi i ʻelua mau haʻawina yoga a hoʻopiʻi i kēlā me kēia me kāna manaʻo maikaʻi ʻole a me ka ikaika maikaʻi.
Ma Mei 1990, kipa ʻo Indra Devi i ka USSR no ka lua o ka manawa.kahi i nalowale ai ka yoga i kona kūlana kānāwai. He mea huahua loa kēia kipa: ka mea hoʻokipa o ka papahana "perestroika" kaulana "Ma mua a ma hope o ke aumoe" kono ʻo Vladimir Molchanov iā ia e lewa. Hoʻokele ʻo Indra Devi e kipa i kona ʻāina hānau mua - kipa ʻo ia iā Riga. Ua hele hou mai ʻo Mataji i Rūsia me nā haʻi'ōlelo i hala - ma 1992 ma ke kono a ke Kōmike 'Olumepika a ma 1994 me ke kākoʻo o ka ʻelele ʻAmelika i Rusia.
A hiki i ka hopena o kona ola, ua mālama ʻo Indra Devi i ka noʻonoʻo maikaʻi, ka hoʻomanaʻo maikaʻi a me ka hana kupaianaha, ua kōkua kāna Foundation i ka hoʻolaha a me ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka hana yoga a puni ka honua. Ma kahi o 3000 poʻe i hele i kona makahiki he kenekulia, ua mahalo kēlā me kēia o lākou i ka mataji no nā loli i lawe ʻia e yoga i kona ola.
Eia naʻe, i ka makahiki 2002, ua emi loa ke olakino o ka luahine. Ua make ʻo ia i ka makahiki 103 ma Argentina.
Ua hoʻomākaukau ʻia ka kikokikona e Lilia Ostapenko.