Bishnu Charan Ghosh

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Bishnu Charan Ghosh (born June 24, 1903 in Lahore , † July 9, 1970 ) was a Bengali bodybuilder and Hathayogi . His brother is the yogi Paramahansa Yogananda , who became world famous for his autobiography .

Life

Bishnu Charan Ghosh was the youngest son of Bhagabati Charan Ghosh (1853-1942) and brother of Mukunda Lal Ghosh, who achieved worldwide fame under the spiritual name Paramahansa Yogananda.

Bishnu was introduced to yoga by his brother Yogananda . At the age of twenty he opened the College of Physical Education in Calcutta , which is now run by his granddaughter Muktamala Ghosh under the name Ghosh Yoga College .

In 1930 Bishnu Charan Ghosh published his book Muscle Control , which is heavily based on the English book of the same name (1913) by the German bodybuilder Max Sick ( Maxick : 1882–1961).

In 1939 he went to the USA and taught at Columbia University in New York . In 1968 he gave several lectures during a trip to Japan .

philosophy

The muscle training of Bishnu Charan Ghosh was strongly influenced by Yogananda's method Yogoda, which he presented in a book in 1925, as well as the Maxalding by Max Sick. These "methods by willpower" ( Body Perfection by Will ) dispense with the use of weights and special apparatus for building muscle. In addition, there was the weaving of traditional asanas from Hatha Yoga .

According to Mark Singleton , the method of Bishnu Charan Ghosh contributed significantly to the training of hatha yoga practiced in the West today. BC Ghosh may also have contributed to the training of the Rishikesh series , which is part of Sivananda Yoga .

student

Works

  • BC Gosch, KC Sen Gupta: Muscle Control and Barbell Exercise . College of Physical Education, Calcutta 1930.

Single receipts

  1. ↑ Maxick: Muscle Controll; or, Body Development by Will-power. London 1913.
  2. ↑ Paramahansa Yogananda: General Principles and Merits of Yogoda or Tissue-Will System of Body and Mind Perfection, Originated and Taught by Swami Yogananda. Los Angeles 1925.
  3. ^ Mark Singleton: Yoga Body. The origins of modern posture practice. Oxford University Press, 2010, ISBN 978-0-19-539535-8 , pp. 132-135.
  4. ^ Mark Singleton: Yoga Body. The origins of modern posture practice. Oxford University Press, 2010, ISBN 978-0-19-539535-8 , p. 135.

literature

  • Mark Singleton: Yoga Body. The origins of modern posture practice . Oxford University Press, 2010, ISBN 978-0-19-539535-8 .

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personal data
SURNAME Ghosh, Bishnu Charan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bengali bodybuilder and Hathayoger
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Lahore
DATE OF DEATH July 9, 1970