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Kripalvananda (January 13, 1913 – December 29, 1981), also known as Swami Sri Kripalvanand or Bapuji, was a renowned master of kundalini yoga and the namesake of the Kripalu Center, Kripalu Yoga style and Kripalvananda Yoga Institute, as well as a significant influence on Kriya Yoga in the United States.
It taught Swami Kripalvananda's teachings, held retreats and other programs, and trained yoga teachers. [1] [5] In 1975, Kripalu bought Summit Station, Pennsylvania, including a health center that became a key element of its mission. [5] In 1977, Swami Kripalu moved to the United States, inspiring many people to take up yoga.
At age 15, he met his guru, Swami Kripalvananda (Bapuji), a wandering Shaivite monk and kundalini yoga master [5] who was offering free talks on the Bhagavad Gita in Halol. [6] Desai taught himself yoga postures from a chart he found tacked to the wall of the local gym, and then began teaching others outside the cowshed where his guru lived.
J. Donald Walters was born on May 19, 1926, in Teleajen, Romania, to American parents, Ray P. and Gertrude G. Walters.His father was an oil geologist with the Esso Corporation (since renamed Exxon in the United States), who was then assigned to the Romanian oilfields.
M. Gauri Ma; Golap Ma; Anandamayi Ma; Dhyanyogi Madhusudandas; Maate Mahadevi; Bhaiyyu Maharaj; Gadge Maharaj; Gagangiri Maharaj; Gondavalekar Maharaj; Gulabrao Maharaj
Pose labelled "Kurmasana" in the 19th century Jogapradipika. The name comes from the Sanskrit कूर्म Kūrma, "turtle" or "tortoise" [3] and आसन Āsana, "posture" or "seat".
A few decades later, a very different form of yoga, the prevailing yoga as exercise, was created by Yogendra, Kuvalayananda, and Krishnamacharya, starting in the 1920s.It was predominantly physical, consisting mainly or entirely of asanas, postures derived from those of hatha yoga, but with a contribution from western gymnastics (Niels Bukh's 1924 Primary Gymnastics [6] [7]).
Swami Krishnananda Saraswati (IAST: Swāmī Kṛṣṇānanda Sarasvatī, 25 April 1922 – 23 November 2001) was a disciple of Sivananda Saraswati and served as the General Secretary of the Divine Life Society in Rishikesh, India from 1958 until 2001.