Phakathi nokuphila kwakhe isikhathi eside, u-Evgenia Peterson uye washintsha kakhulu impilo yakhe izikhathi eziningana - kusukela kunkosikazi wezwe kuya ku-mataji, okungukuthi, "umama", umeluleki ongokomoya. Wahamba ingxenye yomhlaba, futhi phakathi kwabangane bakhe kwakukhona izihlabani zaseHollywood, izazi zefilosofi zaseNdiya nabaholi bamaqembu aseSoviet. Wayazi izilimi ezingu-12 futhi wabheka amazwe amathathu njengezwe lakubo - iRussia, lapho azalelwa khona, eNdiya, lapho azalelwa khona futhi lapho umphefumulo wakhe wembulwa khona, kanye ne-Argentina - izwe "elinobungane" likaMataji Indra Devi.
U-Evgenia Peterson, owaziwa emhlabeni wonke njengo-Indra Devi, waba "inkosikazi yokuqala ye-yoga", umuntu owavula imikhuba ye-yogic hhayi eYurophu naseMelika kuphela, kodwa nase-USSR.
U-Evgenia Peterson wazalelwa eRiga ngo-1899. Ubaba wakhe ungumqondisi webhange laseRiga, waseSweden ngokuzalwa, futhi unina ungumlingisi we-operetta, intandokazi yomphakathi kanye nenkanyezi yama-salons wezwe. Umngane omuhle wePetersons wayengumculi omkhulu u-Alexander Vertinsky, owayesevele wabona "isici" sika-Evgenia, enikezela inkondlo ethi "Intombazane ene-whims" kuye:
“Intombazane enemikhuba, intombazane enezifiso,
Intombazane ayiyona "ngandlela-thile", futhi ayifani nabo bonke abanye ... "
Phakathi neMpi Yezwe Yokuqala, umndeni ka-Evgenia wathuthela eRiga waya eSt.
Ukuqala kwekhulu lesi-XNUMX kwaba yisikhathi soshintsho hhayi enkundleni yezepolitiki kuphela, kodwa futhi isikhathi sezinguquko zomhlaba wonke ekuqapheleni komuntu. Kuvela ama-salon emimoya, izincwadi ze-esoteric zisemfashinini, abantu abasha bafunda imisebenzi kaBlavatsky.
U-Evgenia Peterson osemusha wayenjalo. Ngandlela-thile, incwadi ethi Fourteen Lessons on Yoga Philosophy and Scientific Occultism yawela ezandleni zakhe, wayifunda ephefumula kanye. Isinqumo esazalelwa ekhanda lentombazane eshisekayo sasicacile futhi sinembile - kufanele aye eNdiya. Nokho, impi, ukuvukela umbuso kanye nokuthuthela eJalimane kwabeka eceleni izinhlelo zakhe isikhathi eside.
EJalimane, u-Eugenia ukhanya eqenjini le-Diaghilev Theatre, futhi ngolunye usuku evakashele eTallinn ngo-1926, ngenkathi ehamba edolobheni, ubona isitolo sezincwadi esincane esibizwa ngokuthi I-Theosophical Literature. Lapho uthola ukuthi maduze nje kuzoba nomhlangano we-Anna Besant Theosophical Society e-Holland, futhi omunye wezivakashi kuzoba uJiddu Krishnamurti, isikhulumi esidumile saseNdiya nesazi sefilosofi.
Kwabuthana abantu abangaphezu kuka-4000 emhlanganweni edolobheni laseDashi i-Oman. Izimo zaziyi-Spartan - indawo yokukhempa, ukudla kwemifino. Ekuqaleni, u-Eugenia wakubona konke lokhu njengento ehlekisayo, kodwa kusihlwa lapho u-Krishnamurti ecula izingoma ezingcwele ngesi-Sanskrit kwaba inguquko ekuphileni kwakhe.
Ngemva kwesonto esekamu, uPeterson waphindela eJalimane ezimisele ngokushintsha ukuphila kwakhe. Ubeke umbandela kusoka lakhe, uBolm wasebhange, ukuthi isipho somshado kufanele kube uhambo oluya eNdiya. Uyavuma, ecabanga ukuthi lokhu kuwumbono wesikhashana wentombazane, futhi u-Evgenia uhamba lapho izinyanga ezintathu. Ngemva kokuhamba eNdiya ukusuka eningizimu kuya enyakatho, lapho ebuyela eJalimane, wenqaba uBolm futhi ubuyisela indandatho kuye.
Eshiya yonke into ngemuva futhi athengise ngeqoqo lakhe elimangalisayo loboya nobucwebe, ulifulathela elibangise ezweni lakubo elisha elingokomoya.
Lapho uxhumana no-Mahatma Gandhi, imbongi u-Rabindranath Tagore, futhi no-Jawaharlal Nehru wayenobungani obuqinile iminyaka eminingi, cishe eqala ukuthandana.
U-Evgenia ufuna ukwazi i-India kangcono ngangokunokwenzeka, uya ezifundweni zokudansa zasethempelini ezivela kubadansi abadume kakhulu, futhi ufunda i-yoga e-Bombay. Kodwa-ke, akakwazi ukukhohlwa amakhono akhe okulingisa noma - umqondisi odumile u-Bhagwati Mishra umema endimeni yefilimu ethi "Arab Knight", ikakhulukazi lapho ekhetha khona igama-mbumbulu elithi Indra Devi - "unkulunkulukazi wasezulwini".
Udlale amanye amafilimu e-Bollywood amaningi, bese - ngokungalindelekile kuyena - wamukela isicelo somshado esivela kunxusa laseCzech u-Jan Strakati. Ngakho u-Evgenia Peterson waphinde washintsha kakhulu ukuphila kwakhe, waba intokazi yezwe.
Kakade njengomfazi we-diplomat, ugcina i-salon, ethandwa ngokushesha phezulu emphakathini wamakholoni. Ukwamukela okungapheli, ukwamukela, ama-soirees aqeda amandla uMadame Strakati, futhi uyazibuza: ingabe lena yimpilo yase-India u-Zhenya osemusha owayephothule e-gymnasium? Kufika isikhathi sokucindezeleka, lapho ebona indlela eyodwa yokuphuma - i-yoga.
Eqala ukufunda e-Yoga Institute eBombay, u-Indra Devi uhlangana noMaharaja waseMysore lapho, omethula kuGuru Krishnamacharya. - umsunguli we-Ashtanga yoga, enye yezinkomba ezidume kakhulu namuhla.
Abafundi baka-guru kwakungamadodana asemasha kuphela aphuma esigabeni samaqhawe, awakhela isimiso esiqinile sansuku zonke: ukwenqaba ukudla “okufile,” ukuvuka ekuseni nokuphela, umkhuba othuthukisiwe, indlela yokuphila yokuzincisha injabulo.
Kwaphela isikhathi eside, i-guru yayingafuni ukuvumela owesifazane, futhi ngisho nangokwengeziwe owezizwe, esikoleni sakhe, kodwa unkosikazi onenkani we-diplomat wafinyelela umgomo wakhe - waba umfundi wakhe, kodwa uKrishnamacharya wayengahlosile ukumnika. imvume. Ekuqaleni, u-Indra wayenobunzima obungabekezeleleki, ikakhulukazi njengoba uthisha wayemngabaza futhi engamnikezi nakancane ukusekela. Kepha lapho umyeni wakhe edluliselwa emsebenzini wobunxusa eShanghai, u-Indra Devi uthola isibusiso ku-guru ukuze enze umkhuba ozimele.
E-Shanghai, yena, osevele esezingeni elithi "mataji", uvula isikole sakhe sokuqala, ecela ukusekelwa umka-Chiang Kai-shek, u-Song Meiling, ozinikele nge-yoga.
Ngemva kokuphela kweMpi Yezwe Yesibili, u-Indra Devi uya ezintabeni ze-Himalaya, lapho ecija khona amakhono akhe futhi abhale incwadi yakhe yokuqala, i-Yoga, ezoshicilelwa ngo-1948.
Ngemva kokufa okungalindelekile komyeni wakhe, umataji uphinde washintsha impilo yakhe - uthengisa impahla yakhe futhi uthuthela eCalifornia. Lapho uthola indawo evundile yemisebenzi yakhe - uvula isikole esihanjelwa yizinkanyezi ezinjalo ze-"Golden Age yaseHollywood" njengoGreta Garbo, u-Yul Brynner, uGloria Swenson. U-Indra Devi wayesekelwa ikakhulukazi u-Elizabeth Arden, inhloko yombuso we-cosmetology.
Indlela kaDevi yaguqulelwa kakhulu emzimbeni waseYurophu, futhi isuselwe ku-yoga yakudala ye-sage Patanjali, owayehlala ngekhulu lesi-XNUMX BC.
UMataji uphinde wandisa i-yoga phakathi kwabantu abajwayelekile., ngemva kokwenza isethi ye-asanas engenziwa kalula ekhaya ukuze ikhulule ukucindezeleka ngemva kokusebenza kanzima kosuku.
U-Indra Devi washada okwesibili ngo-1953 - kudokotela odumile kanye nesazi somuntu uSiegfried Knauer, owaba isandla sakhe sokunene iminyaka eminingi.
Ngeminyaka yo-1960, abezindaba baseNtshonalanga babhala okuningi ngo-Indra Devi njenge-yogi enesibindi eyavulela izwe lamaKhomanisi elivaliwe. Uvakashela i-USSR, uhlangana nezikhulu zeqembu eziphezulu. Kodwa-ke, ukuvakasha kokuqala ezweni lakubo lomlando kuletha ukudumala kuphela - i-yoga isasele e-USSR inkolo yaseMpumalanga engaqondakali, engamukeleki ezweni elinekusasa eliqhakazile.
Ngama-90s, ngemva kokushona komyeni wakhe, eshiya i-International Training Centre for Yoga Teachers eMexico, uya e-Argentina nezinkulumo namasemina futhi uthandane neBuenos Aires. Ngakho-ke i-mataji ithola izwe lesithathu, "izwe elinobungane", njengoba yena ngokwakhe elibiza - i-Argentina. Lokhu kulandelwa uhambo lwamazwe aseLatin America, lapho owesifazane osekhulile kakhulu ehola izifundo ezimbili ze-yoga futhi akhokhise wonke umuntu ngethemba lakhe elingapheli namandla akhe.
Ngo-May 1990 u-Indra Devi uvakashela i-USSR okwesibili.lapho i-yoga ekugcineni ilahlekelwe isimo sayo esingekho emthethweni. Lokhu kuvakasha kwakhiqiza kakhulu: umphathi wohlelo oludumile lwe-"perestroika" "Ngaphambi nangemuva kwamabili" uVladimir Molchanov umema emoyeni. U-Indra Devi uyakwazi ukuvakashela izwe lakubo lokuqala - uvakashela eRiga. UMataji uza eRussia kabili ngezinkulumo kakade - ngo-1992 ngesimemo seKomidi lama-Olympic futhi ngo-1994 ngokusekelwa kwenxusa lase-Argentina eRussia.
Kuze kube sekupheleni kokuphila kwakhe, u-Indra Devi wagcina ingqondo ecacile, inkumbulo enhle kakhulu nokusebenza okumangalisayo, iSisekelo sakhe saba nesandla ekusabalaleni nasekudumeni umkhuba we-yoga emhlabeni jikelele. Cishe abantu abangu-3000 bavakashela iminyaka yakhe eyikhulu, ngamunye wabo wayebonga u-mataji ngezinguquko ezilethwe yi-yoga empilweni yakhe.
Nokho, ngo-2002, impilo yalesi salukazi yaba sibi kakhulu. Washona eneminyaka engu-103 e-Argentina.
Umbhalo ulungiswe nguLilia Ostapenko.