Otto Albrecht Isbert

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Otto Albrecht Isbert (born April 1, 1901 in Haguenau near Strasbourg , † February 23, 1986 in Gengenbach in the Black Forest) was a German yoga teacher and writer . He is considered a co-founder of yoga in Germany.

Life

Isbert was the son of the Prussian major general Karl Isbert and Hedwig Körting, the sister of Max Körting .

After studying ethnology in Freiburg im Breisgau and Tübingen , he came into contact with theosophy and anthroposophy . He worked in Stuttgart at Charlottenplatz at a foreign institute for Hungarian.

On May 12, 1928, he married the kindergarten teacher Wilhelmine Karl (1901–1986). Together they had two sons, the life coach and translator Christian Ehrenfried Isbert (1929–1986) and Andreas Isbert (1930–2018).

In 1949 he got to know yoga with Gertrud Lietz, a student of Mary Wigman , in Stuttgart. In the mid-1950s he began to publish on the subject. From 1959 he worked as a yoga teacher throughout Germany.

On April 1, 1962, he founded the German Yoga Institute for Research, Teaching and Practice in Freudenstadt . V. “(DYI), for which he worked until 1974. From 1967 to 1970 he was on the board of the professional association of yoga teachers in Germany . From 1967 he was friends with the Russian-German doctor Wladimir Lindenberg . What he had in common with him was his youthful character. Both were active in the Wandervogel . Isbert was also involved in the Wolfstein group, which was active for young people .

Works (selection)

  • 1954: Conscious breathing
  • 1955: Yoga and the way of the West: The spiritual path d. modern people. Günther, Stuttgart
  • 1955: Raja-Yoga: The royal way d. Self-mastery from a western perspective u. Practice. Publishing union, Büdingen-Haingründau
  • 1960: Yoga work on the self. E. Hoffmann, Heidenheim an der Brenz
  • 1960–62: Yoga Sadhana: Spiritual Yoga Practice. Study u. Exercise books for the Raya and Kriya Yoga. E. Hoffmann, Heidenheim an der Brenz
  • 1962: Concentration and creative thinking. E. Hoffmann, Heidenheim an der Brenz
  • 1964: Healing power in yoga for body and mind. Drei Eichen Verlag , Munich
  • 1964: Conscious breathing in daily practice. Drei Eichen Verlag, Munich
  • 1976: The full yoga. Herder , ISBN 3-210-24510-X

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Christian Fuchs: Yoga in Germany. In: Michael Bergunder (Ed.): Western forms of Hinduism in Germany: an overview. Franckesche Stiftungen , Halle 2006, ISBN 978-3-447-06319-7 , pp. 163–186, here p. 176, doi: 10.11588 / xabooks.377.537 .
  2. ↑ History of BDY yoga.de, accessed on May 30, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Isbert, Otto Albrecht
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Isbert, Otto-Albrecht
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German yoga teacher and yoga writer
DATE OF BIRTH April 1, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Haguenau near Strasbourg
DATE OF DEATH February 23, 1986
Place of death Gengenbach in the Black Forest