Abstract

Drawing on newspapers and magazines from the digital collection of Rio de Janeiro's National Library, the authors revisit the history of yoga in Brazil and challenge the common narrative that places the practice's beginnings around 1950, crediting figures such as Sevananda, Caio Miranda, or José Hermógenes as pioneers. The sources analyzed reveal a set of initiatives spreading yoga as early as 1910 to 1920, decades before these more celebrated pioneers, uncovering a forgotten history that helped shape the practice's vocabulary and repertoire in the country.