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The Sritattvanidhi is written.
In the early 1800s, the Sritattvanidhi (shree-tot-van-EE-dee) was written by the ruling prince of the Mysore palace of India. The writing compiled Hindu deities, music, history, meditation and yoga. Including 122 yoga poses, this was the first book documenting the physical yoga asanas. -
Tirumalai Krishnamacharya is born.
A true pioneer of yoga, Tirumalai Krishnamacharya devoted himself to the study of various yoga styles. The earliest writings of yoga were mainly about mantras and meditations. Krishnamacharya focused on practicing physical yoga postures (asana). -
Swami Vivekananda Brings Yoga to Chicago
In 1893 Swami Vivekananda attended a meeting at the Parliament of Religions in Chicago. There he lectured about his meditative and physical yoga practices. He left listeners in awe and opened the pathway, allowing eastern philosophy to pour into the west. Image from Flickr user On Being -
Hatha Yoga becomes Prominent
The term hatha means willful or forceful. Hatha yoga refers to a prearrangement of physical exercises, known as asanas or postures. The Maharaja (King) of Mysore hires Krishnamacharya to open a yoga studio and teach the royal family. Krishnamacharya then constructed a more vigorous style of hatha yoga, targeting muscle and stamina building into his mostly male disciples. This became known as Ashtanga and Vinyasa Yoga. Photo from Wikipedia user Yann. -
First ever Yoga T.V. Series is Aired
Richard Hittleman was an American Yoga Intrusctor who taught Hatha and Raja Yoga thorugh 'Yoga For Health'. One of the first yoga television series.
