The practice of yoga has become hugely popular in the West. Most people assume (and many claim) that 'postural' yoga - characterized by the familiar, demanding, physical poses - is an ancient Indian tradition. But in fact, as Mark Singleton shows, this type of yoga is quite a recent development, with its beginnings traceable to the middle of the 19th-century. Singleton here presents the first in-depth study of the origins of postural yoga, challenging many currentnotions about its nature and origins.
The practice of yoga has become hugely popular in the West. Most people assume (and many claim) that 'postural' yoga - characterized by the familiar, demanding, physical poses - is an ancient Indian tradition. But in fact, as Mark Singleton shows, this type of yoga is quite a recent development, with its beginnings traceable to the middle of the 19th-century. Singleton here presents the first in-depth study of the origins of postural yoga, challenging many currentnotions about its nature and origins.
Mark Singleton teaches at St. John's College, Santa Fe, New Mexico. He is the editor, with Jean Byrne, of Yoga in the Modern World: Contemporary Perspectives. He lives in Santa Fe.
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List of Illustrations Introduction 1.: Brief overview of yoga in the Indian traditions 2.: Fakirs, yogins, Europeans 3.: Popular portrayals of the yogin 4.: India and the International Physical Cultural Movement 5.: Modern Indian Physical Culture: Degeneracy and Experimentation 6.: Yoga as Physical Culture 1: Strength and Vigour 7.: Yoga as Physical Culture II: Harmonial Gymnastics 8.: The Medium and the Message: Visual Reproduction and the Asana Revival 9.: T. Krishnamacharya and the Mysore Asana Revival Bibliography Index
List of Illustrations Introduction 1.: Brief overview of yoga in the Indian traditions 2.: Fakirs, yogins, Europeans 3.: Popular portrayals of the yogin 4.: India and the International Physical Cultural Movement 5.: Modern Indian Physical Culture: Degeneracy and Experimentation 6.: Yoga as Physical Culture 1: Strength and Vigour 7.: Yoga as Physical Culture II: Harmonial Gymnastics 8.: The Medium and the Message: Visual Reproduction and the Asana Revival 9.: T. Krishnamacharya and the Mysore Asana Revival Bibliography Index
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