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Rajashree Choudhury (born Rajashree Chakrabarti on May 7th, 1965 in Calcutta, India) is a Yoga Therapist and founder of the United States Yoga Federation and the International Yoga Sports Federation to promote Yoga Asana as a sport, with a goal of qualifying Yoga as an Olympic Sport. Rajashree won the first National Yoga Championship held by the Yoga Federation of India in 1979, followed by consecutive years as National Yoga Champion and won the first Bishnu Charan Ghosh Cup (between Men & Women) held in Calcutta in 1982. In 1984 she married Bikram Choudhury and moved from India to Los Angeles, USA who she helped create the Teacher Training program for his successful worldwide chain of Bikram Yoga studios (the original Hot Yoga). 1985 She represented Mrs India in Women of the World (Mrs. World Pageant) and she was crowned Mrs. Photogenic in the World (1985) Rajashree created the Rajashree’s Pregnancy Yoga DVD in 1995 VHS (DVD in 2004).