Rajashree Choudhury Biography 
Rajashree Choudhury is a Yoga Therapist and founder of the United States Yoga Federation (USA Yoga) and International Yoga Sports Federation (IYSF). She promotes Yoga Asana through her programs. She was formerly married to Bikram Choudhury – the controversial yoga instructor and the founder of Bikram Yoga, a form of hot yoga. They divorced in 2016, ending 22 year old marriage. She has been an integral part of the Bikram yoga community before their separation.
Rajashree Choudhury’s maiden name is Rajashree Chakrabarti. She was born on May 7, 1965 in Kolkata. Currently she is settled in US, busy with her yoga profession and promotion. She won the first National Yoga Championship held by the Yoga Federation of India in 1979, and consecutively won the title for many years. In 1982 she won the first Bishnu Charan Ghosh Cup held at Kolkata. She has also represented India at Mrs. World Beauty pageant held in 1985, just one year after her marriage with Bikram Choudhury. The couple had two children.
After marriage she shifted to US with her family where she got settled. She assisted her husband in creating the instructor training program for his chain of Bikram Yoga studios. They started Bikram Teacher Training course in 1994, and since then many students have joined for annual/parttime courses. In 2012, 39th group became teacher certified. She has extensively travelled across the globe with her yoga practices. Since young she has been trained extensively and won many competitions at a young age. She grew up learning yoga from different teachers. She studied yoga therapy, and by the age of 19 she took a Bachelor’s degree from the Yoga Training Institute.
Published: September 08, 2018
Updated: September 08, 2018
