A cikin tsawon rayuwarta, Evgenia Peterson ta canza rayuwarta sau da yawa - daga mace mai zaman kanta zuwa mataji, wato, "uwa", mai ba da shawara na ruhaniya. Ta yi tafiya rabin duniya, kuma cikin abokanta akwai taurarin Hollywood, masana falsafa na Indiya, da shugabannin jam'iyyar Soviet. Ta san harsuna 12 kuma ta yi la'akari da kasashe uku na mahaifarta - Rasha, inda aka haife ta, Indiya, inda aka sake haihuwa kuma inda aka bayyana ruhinta, da Argentina - "ƙasar" ta Mataji Indra Devi.
Evgenia Peterson, wanda aka sani da dukan duniya kamar yadda Indra Devi, ya zama "matakin farko na yoga", mutumin da ya buɗe ayyukan yogic ba kawai ga Turai da Amurka ba, har ma da Tarayyar Soviet.
An haifi Evgenia Peterson a Riga a shekara ta 1899. Mahaifinta shi ne darektan bankin Riga, 'yar kasar Sweden ta haihuwa, kuma mahaifiyarta 'yar wasan kwaikwayo ce ta operetta, wadda ta fi so ga jama'a kuma tauraruwar salon salon rayuwa. Kyakkyawan aboki na Petersons shine babban chansonnier Alexander Vertinsky, wanda ya riga ya lura da "fasalin" Evgenia, ya sadaukar da waƙar "Yarinya da sha'awa" zuwa gare ta:
"Yarinya mai dabi'a, yarinya mai sha'awa,
Yarinyar ba "ko ta yaya", kuma ba kamar kowa ba ... "
A lokacin yakin duniya na farko, iyalin Evgenia sun tashi daga Riga zuwa St.
Farkon karni na XNUMX ya kasance lokacin canji ba kawai a fagen siyasa ba, har ma da lokacin canje-canje na duniya a cikin fahimtar ɗan adam. Salon ruhohi sun bayyana, wallafe-wallafen esoteric suna cikin fage, matasa suna karanta ayyukan Blavatsky.
Matashi Evgenia Peterson ba banda. Ko ta yaya, littafin darussa goma sha huɗu akan Yoga Philosophy da Scientific Occultism ya fada hannunta, wanda ta karanta cikin numfashi ɗaya. Shawarar da aka haifa a kan yarinya mai sha'awar ta kasance a bayyane kuma daidai - dole ne ta je Indiya. Duk da haka, yakin, juyin juya hali da ƙaura zuwa Jamus sun ajiye shirinta na dogon lokaci.
A Jamus, Eugenia ta haskaka a cikin ƙungiyar wasan kwaikwayo na Diaghilev, kuma wata rana ta yi balaguro a Tallinn a 1926, yayin da take zagayawa cikin birni, ta ga wani ƙaramin kantin sayar da littattafai mai suna Theosophical Literature. A can ta sami labarin cewa nan ba da jimawa ba za a gudanar da wani babban taro na ƙungiyar Anna Besant Theosophical Society a ƙasar Holland, kuma ɗaya daga cikin baƙin za ta kasance Jiddu Krishnamurti, sanannen mai magana da falsafar Indiya.
Fiye da mutane 4000 ne suka hallara don taron a birnin Oman na ƙasar Holland. Sharuɗɗan sun kasance Spartan - filin sansani, cin ganyayyaki. Da farko Eugenia ta fahimci duk wannan a matsayin kasada mai ban dariya, amma maraice lokacin da Krishnamurti ya rera waƙoƙin tsarki a Sanskrit ya zama wani canji a rayuwarta.
Bayan mako guda a sansanin, Peterson ta koma Jamus da ƙudirin canza rayuwarta. Ta yi wa angonta, ma’aikacin banki Bolm sharadi cewa kyautar alkawari ta zama tafiya zuwa Indiya. Ya yarda, yana tunanin cewa wannan shine kawai ɗan gajeren lokaci na budurwa, kuma Evgenia yana barin can har tsawon watanni uku. Bayan ta yi tafiya Indiya daga kudu zuwa arewa, bayan ta dawo Jamus, ta ƙi Bolm kuma ta mayar masa da zobe.
Ta bar komai a baya ta sayar da kayanta masu ban sha'awa na Jawo da kayan ado, ta tafi sabuwar ƙasarta ta ruhaniya.
A can ta yi magana da Mahatma Gandhi, mawallafi Rabindranath Tagore, kuma tare da Jawaharlal Nehru ta yi abota mai karfi na shekaru da yawa, kusan suna soyayya.
Evgenia yana son sanin Indiya da kyau sosai, yana halartar darussan raye-raye na haikali daga mashahuran raye-raye, da kuma nazarin yoga a Bombay. Duk da haka, ita ma ba za ta iya mantawa da fasahar wasan kwaikwayo ba - shahararren darakta Bhagwati Mishra ya gayyace ta zuwa rawar da ta taka a fim din "Arab Knight", musamman wanda ta zabi sunan Indra Devi - "Allah na sama".
Ta yi tauraro a cikin wasu fina-finan Bollywood, sannan - ba zato ba tsammani - ta karɓi shawarar aure daga jami'in diflomasiyar Czech Jan Strakati. Don haka Evgenia Peterson sake canza rayuwarta, ta zama mace ta duniya.
Tuni a matsayin matar jami'in diflomasiyya, ta kiyaye salon, wanda ya zama sananne da sauri tare da saman al'ummar mulkin mallaka. liyafar mara iyaka, liyafa, soirees suna gajiyar Madame Strakati, kuma tana mamakin: shin wannan shine rayuwa a Indiya wanda matashin da ya kammala karatun digiri na makarantar motsa jiki Zhenya ya yi mafarkin? Akwai wani lokaci na ciki, daga abin da ta ga hanya daya - yoga.
Fara karatu a Cibiyar Yoga a Bombay, Indra Devi ta sadu da Maharaja na Mysore a can, wanda ya gabatar da ita ga Guru Krishnamacharya. – wanda ya kafa Ashtanga yoga, daya daga cikin shahararrun kwatance a yau.
Almajiran guru sun kasance samari ne kawai daga mayaƙan mayaƙa, waɗanda ya haɓaka ƙayyadaddun tsarin yau da kullun: ƙin abinci “matattu”, tashin farko da ƙarewa, ingantaccen aiki, salon rayuwa.
Na dogon lokaci, guru ba ya so ya ba da damar mace, har ma da baƙo, a cikin makarantarsa, amma matar mai taurin kai na jami'in diflomasiyya ta cimma burinta - ta zama dalibinsa, amma Krishnamacharya bai yi niyyar ba ta ba. rangwame. Da farko, Indra ta kasance mai wuyar jurewa, musamman da yake malamar tana shakkar ta kuma ba ta ba da wani tallafi ba. Amma lokacin da aka mayar da mijinta aikin diflomasiyya a Shanghai, Indra Devi ta sami albarka daga guru da kansa don gudanar da aiki mai zaman kansa.
A Shanghai, ta riga ta kasance a matsayin "mataji", ta buɗe makarantarta ta farko, neman goyon bayan matar Chiang Kai-shek, Song Meiling, mai sha'awar yoga.
Bayan karshen yakin duniya na biyu, Indra Devi ya yi tafiya zuwa yankin Himalayas, inda ya inganta kwarewarsa kuma ya rubuta littafinsa na farko, Yoga, wanda za a buga a shekara ta 1948.
Bayan mutuwar mijinta ba zato ba tsammani, mataji ya sake canza rayuwarsa - ya sayar da dukiyarsa kuma ya koma California. A can ta sami ƙasa mai kyau don ayyukanta - ta buɗe makarantar da irin waɗannan taurari na "Golden Age of Hollywood" ke halarta kamar Greta Garbo, Yul Brynner, Gloria Swenson. Indra Devi ta sami goyon baya musamman daga Elizabeth Arden, shugabar daular kwaskwarima.
Hanyar Devi an daidaita shi sosai ga jikin Turai, kuma ta dogara ne akan yoga na gargajiya na sage Patanjali, wanda ya rayu a karni na XNUMX BC.
Mataji kuma ya shahara da yoga a tsakanin talakawa., Bayan da aka samar da wani nau'i na asanas wanda za'a iya yin sauƙi a gida don kawar da damuwa bayan aiki mai wuyar rana.
Indra Devi ta yi aure a karo na biyu a shekara ta 1953 - ga sanannen likita kuma dan Adam Siegfried Knauer, wanda ya zama hannun dama na shekaru masu yawa.
A cikin 1960s, jaridu na Yamma sun rubuta da yawa game da Indra Devi a matsayin jarumin yogi wanda ya bude yoga don rufaffiyar kasar kwaminisanci. Ta ziyarci USSR, ta gana da manyan jami'an jam'iyyar. Duk da haka, ziyarar farko zuwa ƙasarsu ta tarihi tana kawo rashin jin daɗi kawai - yoga ya kasance ga USSR wani addini mai ban mamaki na Gabas, wanda ba a yarda da shi ba ga ƙasar da ke da makoma mai haske.
A cikin 90s, bayan mutuwar mijinta, ta bar Cibiyar Horarwa ta Duniya don Yoga Teachers a Mexico, ta yi tafiya zuwa Argentina tare da laccoci da karawa juna sani kuma ta kamu da soyayya da Buenos Aires. Don haka mataji ya sami ƙasa ta uku, "ƙasar abokantaka", kamar yadda ita kanta ta kira shi - Argentina. Wannan ya biyo bayan rangadin kasashen Latin Amurka, inda kowace mace tsohuwa ta jagoranci darussan yoga guda biyu tare da cajin kowa da kyakkyawan fata da kuzari.
A watan Mayu 1990 Indra Devi ta ziyarci USSR a karo na biyu.inda a karshe yoga ya rasa matsayinsa na haram. Wannan ziyarar ta kasance mai amfani sosai: mai watsa shiri na shahararren shirin "perestroika" "Kafin da bayan tsakar dare" Vladimir Molchanov ya gayyace ta zuwa iska. Indra Devi ta kula da ziyartar ƙasarta ta farko - ta ziyarci Riga. Mataji ya zo Rasha sau biyu tare da laccoci riga - a 1992 bisa gayyatar kwamitin Olympics kuma a 1994 tare da goyon bayan jakadan Argentine a Rasha.
Har zuwa ƙarshen rayuwarta, Indra Devi ta kasance mai hankali, kyakkyawar ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya da aiki mai ban mamaki, Gidauniyar ta ta ba da gudummawa ga yaɗawa da haɓaka ayyukan yoga a duniya. Kimanin mutane 3000 ne suka halarci bikin cikarta shekara ɗari, kowannensu ya yi godiya ga mataji saboda canje-canjen da yoga ya kawo a rayuwarsa.
Duk da haka, a shekara ta 2002, lafiyar tsohuwar mace ta tabarbare sosai. Ta rasu tana da shekaru 103 a Argentina.
Lilia Ostapenko ta shirya rubutun.