1 Published BooksVanda Scaravelli
Vanda Scaravelli (1908-1999) was an influential yoga teacher whose intuitive approach helped shape the practice of yoga in the West. She began studying in her fifties with B. K. S. Iyengar, who taught her asanas, and T. K. V. Desikachar, who guided her in pranayama. Working without a formal lineage, she developed a gentle method centered on breath, gravity, and the natural movement of the spine. With longtime students Diane Long and Esther Myers, her approach continued to evolve and inspire new practitioners. Scaravelli requested that no school be named after her, though many today teach what is called Scaravelli-inspired yoga.
