Book Summary: In the 1930s, Buddha became a part of the Bhagabati Ghosh family, who welcomed Buddha into their home at 4 Garpar Road in North Calcutta. Buddha married the daughter of his yogic physical culture teacher, Bishnu Charan Ghosh, and was initiated into the spiritual lineage from the brother known as Paramhansa Yogananda. The trio of Buddha, Bishnu and Yogananda, found their roots in ancient Indian spirituality, Hatha and Kriya yoga. In the 1940s crisis hits both family and city. In the 1950s to 70s they would help bring yoga to Europe, with Gouri Shankar Mukerji, to Japan, and to America, with Bikram Choudhury. During the 20th century, the Calcutta yoga family would modernize and bring the practice of yoga to the world.  "This over 600 page tome is the culmination of many years of deep research and archival work in the field by Armstrong, tracing the untold story and history of Buddha Bose and the yoga family of Paramahansa Yogananda and his brother Bishnu Ghosh. This is a must read if you are curious about where "hot yoga" comes from, and the history of modern yoga and physical culture in India." --Yogic Studies""Jerome Armstrong, author of Calcutta Yoga," tells the "largely untold story of Buddha Bose & the Yoga Family of Bishnu Ghosh and Yogananda, and how that led to Bikram Yoga. Jerome also speaks to his own experience of practicing both standard hot yoga and the more traditional teachings of Ghosh Yoga, and the crazy turn of events that led to the discovery of a rare document and a relationship to the family." -- J. Brown Yoga Podcast"Nobody stays in Calcutta for a long time without getting involved, in one way or the other. I can feel how deeply you are now linked and it moves me. The way you write about it all, interweaving historical facts with your own experiences. The result is a book which is neither an autobiography nor a purely scientific work - quite a unique mixture." --Claudia Guggenbuhl, Yoga in Calcutta.

Calcutta Yoga: Buddha Bose & the Yoga Family of Bishnu Ghosh and Yogananda

Jerome Armstrong

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The epic story of how Buddha Bose, Bishnu Ghosh and Yogananda took yoga from Calcutta to the rest of the world. In Calcutta Yoga, Jerome Armstrong deftly weaves the multi-generational story of the first family of yoga and how they modernized the ancient practice. The saga covers four generations, the making of a city, personal friendships, and shines light on the remarkable people who transformed yoga and made it a truly global phenomenon. Along the way, we also meet the people who founded the schools of yoga that are so well known today. Enriching the cast of characters are the internationally renowned B. K. S. Iyengar, Mr Universe Monotosh Roy, even as the book uncovers the truth about Bikram Choudhury, the founder of Bikram Yoga. We follow them and others from the streets of Calcutta to the United States, London, Tokyo and beyond, where they perform astounding feats and help revise Western perceptions of yoga. Cleverly researched and enjoyably anecdotal, Calcutta Yoga gives a holistic picture of the evolution of yoga, and pays homage to yogic heroes previously lost from history, while highlighting the pivotal early role the city of Calcutta played in redefining the practice. A culmination of rigorous fieldwork and numerous interviews, this book is as much about yoga as it is about history, relationships and human nature.

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