Nischala joy devi biography of george

Nischala Joy Devi is a published author and teacher of yoga.

Life

Nischala Joy Devi was trained in conventional medicine^[1] and is an international advocate for Yoga and its subtle uses for spiritual growth as well as physical and mental healing.

Nischala joy devi biography of george

She was a monastic disciple of Swami Satchidananda, creator of Integral Yoga, for over 20 years. She especially approved of the fact that Satchidananda was trained in and continued Swami Sivananda's tradition of initiating women as monks (sanyassins) and treating women as equals, despite much criticism from other leading Hindus.

The pioneer of modern yogaIndra Devi, one of the few female disciples of Krishnamacharya, assisted her in leaving the ashram to develop her own approach.

She cofounded the Commonweal Cancer Help Program and created the yoga section of the Dean Ornish Program for Reversing Heart Disease.

She then went on to develop and teach a training program in working with cancer and cardiac