Show Is Exercise One of Most Ancient Y Gotham's Yoga New j Mystic Cult Devotees Go for Routine By ALICIA HART Now Yoga Is the road to glory for smart New York They meet twice a week and undulate fold their arms and legs around bend their backs their stomachs and plate I love it its it-it's its it's wonderful fun said Mrs Howard Cullman chic wife of a prominent realtor She's one of a group of Manhattan Manhat Manhat- tan Yogi who go to school for instruction Were neither solemn nor gay she went on Like trained precision dancers we are intent on what were we're doing and nd there is not much chit chat Right now were we're all doing stomach work We get down on mats We all stand on on our heads too Its It's simpler than you think A woman of 60 can do double somersaults and look better than ever Toni Williams Princeton's I gift to mens men's fashion leadership with the merchant tailors and designers told me mo Yoga is just like any other up setting-up routine routine routine rou rou- tine only better He and Mrs Williams the mentally active former Peggy not only practice but also study Yoga in a book by F. F Yeats- Yeats Brown author of Lives of a Bengal Lancer Yoga Seeks Mental Peace You know about Yoga Yoga Yoga-or or do you Yoga is an ancient Indian cult whose devotees seek mental and spiritual peace union with the un universal i v e r s al spirit through complete abstraction from worldly objects The word Yoga means an an experimental union of the individual with the divine and the practice of Yoga Yoga Yoga Yo Yo- Yo- Yo ga ils lIs based on persevering exercise exercise exercise ex ex- diet posture breathing intellectual concentration and moral discipline These vary in inthe inthe inthe the different systems of Yoga A Yogi is simply a votary of the cult Yoga Explained the Yeats- Yeats Brown work tells of seven different different different dif dif- dif dif- ferent systems and of old books saying there are positions and exercises The aim of all Yoga is the same same he adds namely the awakening of the powers of the whole man within the physical envelope of the disciple And the transference o of of these powers powers powers pow pow- ers to another plane where they may unite with the universal cosmic consciousness Lotus Seat Popular New Yorks York's intelligentsia started investigating the subject subject subject sub sub- about five years ago Last year there was another spurt in inthe inthe inthe the number of disciples This fall there suddenly appeared a great many more Yogi In Mrs Cull Cullman's mans man's class are a woman doctor a dancer an op op- op- op era singer also a vivid young woman writer Men also including including ing one of the outstanding figures figures figures fig fig- ures in American aviation are taking it up Some are young others arent aren't It seems to be most popular among people of 29 to 39 Many of us do the Lotus Seat Seat said Mrs Cull Cullman man You put the right ankle on on the left thigh and the left ankle on the right thigh And if you wish to go further you fold the hands in front and study your psyche a la Buddha Many of us do the tiger position position position tion too Mrs Cullman report report- ed In In simplest form you stand standon on your forearms with back curved legs stretched fore and aft knees bent Occasionally we have a little talk tant You know you learn a great deal from physical knowledge of the body added Mrs Cullman Cull Cull- man But its it's not a religion What do we wear Gym sui suits ts Yoga is hI other words exercise exercise exercise exer exer- cise with a philosophy to it What it does for you and means Depends on how you approach it I wouldn't advise the average average average aver aver- age woman to run quick and try the Lotus Seat or Tiger Po Po- Po- Po But of course exercise air and some thoughts to tie your life together are good for anybody however you take them pr S Z fh i ia a s gs r f s Ginger Davenport popular pop pop- ular fashion model mode l dem dam demonstrates demonstrates mod variations of t y d f i the elbow stand Yoga Yo de- de deh devotees de de- h I call the Tiger j- j position Regardless of r your ability to achieve Yoga's ideal state of a ay y mental detachment in inthis I e r this posture the exercise r should do wonders for your back abdomen and general muscle control ri L v. v iL w 4 JS rL k G w u Wis c f rr r 55 if r rN N i iy y r I T Yoga positions are very strictly formalized and an amateur is quite apt to make mistakes Above Ginger Davenport one of Harry Conover's natural girl models demonstrates common error in inthe inthe the traditional Lotus position Both feet should be twisted so they rest atop the thigh opposite Ginger has her right foot tucked under |