Rajashree Choudhury
| Rajashree Choudhury | |
|---|---|
| Born |
May 7, 1965 Calcutta, West Bengal, India |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | yoga |
| Known for | founder of USA Yoga |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Spouse(s) | Bikram Choudhury |
Rajashree Choudhury (born Rajashree Chakrabarti on May 7, 1965) is a Yoga Therapist and founder of the United States Yoga Federation (USA Yoga)[1] and the International Yoga Sports Federation (IYSF) [2] to promote Yoga Asana with one of its goals being the qualification of Yoga as a sport in the Olympic Family.[3]
Choudhury won the first National Yoga Championship held by the Yoga Federation of India in 1979, followed by consecutive years as National Yoga Champion and won the first Bishnu Charan Ghosh Cup (between Men & Women) held in Calcutta in 1982. In 1984 she married Bikram Choudhury and moved from India to Los Angeles, California, where she helped her husband create the Teacher Training program for his chain of Bikram Yoga studios.[4] In 1985 She represented Mrs. India in the Mrs. World Pageant and was crowned most photogenic.[5]
References
- ↑ "Founder of USA Yoga". USA Yoga. Unknown parameter
|=ignored (help) - ↑ "Founder of IYSF". IYSF. Unknown parameter
|=ignored (help) - ↑ Maria Howard (October 21, 2012). "USA Yoga Federation founder wants yoga to become an Olympic sport". Richmond Times-Dispatch.
- ↑ "Rajashree Choudhury". Bikram Yoga. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
- ↑ "Mrs. World". pageantopolis. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
External links
- United States Yoga Federation, USA Yoga
- International Yoga Sports Federation, IYSF
- Bikram Yoga, Bikram Yoga