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Indra Devi

Teacher
Eugenie Peterson, known as Indra Devi, was a pioneering teacher of yoga as exercise, and an early disciple of the "father of modern yoga", Tirumalai Krishnamacharya. She went to India in her twenties, becoming a film star there and acquiring the... Wikipedia
Born: May 12, 1899, Riga, Latvia
Died: April 25, 2002 (age 102 years), Buenos Aires, Argentina
Spouse: Siegrid Knauer (m. 1953–1984) and Jan Strakaty (m. 1930–1946)
Nationality: Latvian and Russian
Known for: Bringing yoga to Hollywood; Yoga for stress relief