Resources for a better understanding.
With more and more academic research about yoga being published, finding good sources of information online is increasingly important. A group of scholars looking at yoga and based in the social sciences and humanities have therefore got together to develop a web-based resource for those interested in this field.
This initiative is run by a group of established scholars who conduct research on yoga which formed at the Yoga Darśana, Yoga Sādhana international yoga conference in Kraków, Poland in May 2022. Their aim is to develop a website that offers information about the best quality yoga-related research in the humanities and social sciences.
The 4th International Yoga Darśana Yoga Sādhana conference:
Authenticity, Authority and Adaptation
27-29 May 2026
Paris, France
Programme Announcement
The 4th International Yoga Darśana Yoga Sādhana conference will take place in Paris beginning Wednesday May 27 at 1:00 p.m. with official proceedings ending at 6:00 p.m. Friday evening May 29, 2026. The events are being organized in collaboration with the Center for South Asian and Himalayan Studies (CESAH) at the School for Advanced Social Sciences (EHESS – École de hautes études en sciences sociales) in Paris.
Latest Reflection
Interview with Suzanne Newcombe and Raphaël Voix
The 4th Yoga Darśana Yoga Sādhana Conference The 4th International Yoga Darśana Yoga Sādhana Conference convenes 27–29 May 2026 at EHESS Paris, organized by CESAH. Theme: Authenticity, Authority and Adaptation—examining how yoga traditions establish legitimacy, transmit knowledge, and negotiate transformation across time and place. Bridges philological and ethnographic approaches. Host: Raj Balkaran Guest: Suzanne Newcombe and Raphael Voix Date: 9th March 2026
Yoga Research Mailing List
list@yogaresearch.org is a new email discussion group providing a forum for academic discussion among professional scholars of Yoga Studies.
Membership of the list is mainly open to scholars with an advanced degree and whose primary field is yoga studies. Sending a short academic CV is a requirement for approval.
Featured Researcher Profile
Prof. Gudrun Bühnemann
Gudrun Bühnemann is Professor of Sanskrit and South Asian Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Vienna in 1980. Her recent work on Yoga includes the book Eighty-four Āsanas in Yoga: A Survey of Traditions (with Illustrations) (D.K. Printworld, 2007; 2nd edition, 2011), the article “The Śāradātilakatantra on Yoga: A New Edition and Translation of Chapter 25” (in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies no. 74/2, 2011, pp. 205-235) and the book chapter “Nāga, Siddha and Sage: Visions of Patañjali as an Authority on Yoga” (in Yoga in Transformation: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives. Edited by K. Baier, P.A. Maas and K.C. Preisendanz. Vienna: Vienna University Press, 2018, pp. 575-622). Her personal website including links to her CV may be found at http://buhnemann.ls.wisc.edu/. Publications Publications are listed at: http://buhnemann.ls.wisc.edu/publications/