"Roma, From Prison to Paradise" is the biography of Roma Blair, a woman affectionately known as Australia's `mother of yoga'. It documents her life as a fashion model, Japanese prisoner-of-war during WW2 and eventually a yoga teacher and TV star.

Roma Blair brought yoga into the homes and lives of thousands of Australians (especially housewives) through her popular and long-runing yoga TV program. She visited India and Indian ashrams and became a disciple of Swami Satyananda who gave her the name, Swami Nirmalananda.

"Roma, From Prison to Paradise" is the biography of Roma Blair, a woman affectionately known as Australia's `mother of yoga'. It documents her life as a fashion model, Japanese prisoner-of-war during WW2 and eventually a yoga teacher and TV star.

Roma Blair brought yoga into the homes and lives of thousands of Australians (especially housewives) through her popular and long-runing yoga TV program. She visited India and Indian ashrams and became a disciple of Swami Satyananda who gave her the name, Swami Nirmalananda.