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302:, touring Europe, and accepted a proposal of marriage from the banker Herman Bolm, on condition she could first go to India; he agreed and paid for the trip. She set off on 17 November 1927, crossing India from south to north, wearing a
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around a campfire had a powerful effect on her. She later said "It seemed to me, I was hearing a forgotten call, familiar, but distant. From that day everything in me turned upside down."
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Renew your life through yoga. The Indra Devi method for relaxation through rhythmic breathing
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294:Yogi Ramacharaka
238:Saint Petersburg
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