Yoga travelled to the West in the late 1800s and early 1900s, and it all began with Swami Vivekananda's speech at the 1893 Parliament of Religions in Chicago. He spoke mostly about Raja yoga, which is ...

For six years, Vivekananda traversed the United States, lecturing to religious and laymen alike on Raja, Jnana, Karma and Bhakti Yoga. Vivekananda is credited with altering the West’s perception ...