History
| Title | Author | Summary | File Size | Date of Publication | Categories | hf:doc_author | hf:doc_categories | hf:doc_tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Online Bhakti in a Modern Guru Organization | Maya Warrier |
Chapter from Gurus Of Modern Yoga |
2013 | History, Sociology | maya-warrier | history sociology-history | amma digital guru mata-amritanandamayi nrm online | |
| Engineering an Artful Practice: On Jaggi Vasudev’s Isha Yoga and Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s Art of Living | Joanne Punzo Waghorne |
Chapter from Gurus Of Modern Yoga |
2013 | History, Sociology | joanne-punzo-waghorne | history sociology-history | guru nrm | |
| Eknath Ranade, Gurus, and Jīvanvratīs: the Vivekananda Kendra’s Promotion of the “Yoga Way of Life” | Gwilym Beckerlegge |
Chapter from Gurus Of Modern Yoga |
2013 | History | gwilym-beckerlegge | history | guru india vivekananda | |
| Tracing the Path of Yoga: The History and Philosophy of Indian Mind-Body Discipline | Stuart Ray Sarbacker |
A comprehensive and theory-rich investigation of the history and philosophy of yoga, from its Indian origins to the contemporary context. |
2021 | History, Indology | stuart-ray-sarbacker | history indology-history | yoga-studies | |
| Swami Ramdev: Modern Yoga Revolutionary | Stuart Ray Sarbacker |
Chapter from Gurus Of Modern Yoga |
2013 | History, Sociology | stuart-ray-sarbacker | history sociology-history | guru india nrm | |
| Sathya Sai Baba and the Repertoire of Yoga | Smriti Srinivas |
Chapter from Gurus Of Modern Yoga |
2013 | History, Sociology | smriti-srinivas | history sociology-history | guru nrm sathya-sai-baba | |
| Svāminārāyaṇa: Bhaktiyoga and the Akṣarabrahman Guru | Hanna H. Kim |
Chapter from Gurus Of Modern Yoga |
2013 | History | hanna-h-kim | history | gurus india | |
| T. Krishnamacharya, Father of Modern Yoga | Mark Singleton and Tara Fraser |
Chapter from Gurus Of Modern Yoga |
2013 | History | mark-singleton-and-tara-fraser | history | gurus history india | |
| Shri Yogendra: Magic, Modernity, and the Burden of the Middle-Class Yogi | Joseph S. Alter |
Chapter from Gurus Of Modern Yoga |
2013 | Anthropology, History | joseph-s-alter | anthropology-history history | gurus india science | |
| Becoming an Icon: B. K. S. Iyengar as a Yoga Teacher and a Yoga Guru | Fredrick M. Smith and Joan White |
Chapter from Gurus Of Modern Yoga |
2013 | History | fredrick-m-smith-and-joan-white | history | gurus history india | |
| Authorised by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois’: The Role of Paramparā and Lineage in Astanga Vinyasa Yoga | Jean Byrne |
Chapter from Gurus Of Modern Yoga |
2013 | History | jean-byrne | history | gurus history india | |
| Stretching toward the Sacred: John Friend and Anusara Yoga | Lola Williamson |
Chapter from Gurus Of Modern Yoga |
2013 | History | lola-williamson | history | gurus usa | |
| Muktananda: Entrepreneurial Godman, Tantric Hero | Andrea R. Jain |
Chapter from Gurus Of Modern Yoga |
2013 | History | andrea-r-jain | history | gurus siddha-yoga | |
| Swami Kṛpālvānanda: The Man behind Kripalu Yoga | Ellen Goldberg |
Chapter from Gurus Of Modern Yoga |
2013 | History | ellen-goldberg | history | gurus | |
| The Institutionalization of the Yoga Tradition: “Gurus” B. K. S. Iyengar and Yogini Sunita in Britain | Suzanne Newcombe |
Chapter from Gurus Of Modern Yoga |
2013 | History | suzanne-newcombe | history | britain gurus instutionalisation | |
| Remembering Sri Aurobindo and the Mother: The Forgotten Lineage of Integral Yoga | Ann Gleig and Charles I. Flores |
Chapter from Gurus Of Modern Yoga |
2013 | History, Sociology | ann-gleig-and-charles-i-flores | history sociology-history | aurobindo gurus nrm | |
| Theos Bernard and the Early Days of Tantric Yoga in America | Paul Hackett |
Chapter in Yoga in Practice |
2011 | History | paul-hackett | history | modern-yoga usa | |
| Yoga Makarana of T. Krishnamacharya | M. Narasimhan and M. A. Jayashree, Mark Singleton |
Chapter in Yoga in Practice |
2011 | History | m-narasimhan-and-m-a-jayashree mark-singleton | history | modern-yoga | |
| Yoga in Modern Society | Verena Schnäbele |
Over the past three decades, yoga has become a real trend in the fitness and wellness industry, but what effect does the practice have on the lives of … |
2010 | History, Sociology | verena-schnabele | history sociology-history | germany modern-yoga twentieth-century | |
| Universalist and Missionary Jainism: Jain Yoga of the Terāpanthī Traidtion | Olle Qvarnström and Jason Birch |
Chapter in Yoga in Practice |
2011 | History | olle-qvarnstrom-and-jason-birch | history | jainism modern-yoga | |
| The Revival of Yoga in Contemporary India | Suzanne Newcombe |
In India, yoga is understood as a unique and valuable cultural resource that has the potential to revitalize both an individual’s health and the India … |
2017 | History | suzanne-newcombe | history | modern-yoga | |
| Positioning Yoga: Balancing Acts Across Cultures | Sarah Strauss |
Positioning Yoga considers how the recent development of yoga, from its introduction to Western audiences by the Indian Swami Vivekananda at the 1893 … |
2004 | History, Sociology | sarah-strauss | history sociology-history | dlm germany india modern-yoga sivananda usa | |
| Manufacturing Yogis: Swami Vivekananda as a Yoga Teacher | Dermot Killingley |
Swami Vivekananda (1863–1902) was the first Indian to teach yoga in the West. This study examines his life and background and his participation in the … |
2013 | History | dermot-killingley | history | modern-yoga | |
| Mobilities in Religious Knowledge: Phiroz Mehta and the Logics of Transreligiosity in 1970s–80s South London | Karen O'Brien-Kop |
This paper examines transreligiosity in the context of the transmission of South Asian concepts of spirituality to the UK in the 20th century. |
2023 | History | karen-obrien-kop | history | britain twentieth-century zorastrianism | |
| A Fourteenth-Century Persian Account of Breath Control and Meditaiton | Carl W. Ernst |
Chapter in Yoga in Practice |
2011 | History | carl-w-ernst | history | islam persia | |
| The Importance of Interrogating the Experiential Episteme: Yoga, Indian Medicine and Rhetorical Strategies of Epistemic Capital | Suzanne Newcombe |
Religion, Spirituality, and Public Health focuses on exploring the role of different ‘ways of knowing’ or arriving at truth, i.e. epistemes, particula … |
2025 | History, Philosophy | suzanne-newcombe | history philosophy-history | epsitemology health medicine | |
| The Development of Modern Yoga: A Survey of the Field | Suzanne Newcombe |
This article will consider how the apparent dichotomy between yoga as a physical fitness activity (often termed ‘hatha yoga’) and/or as a ‘spiritual p … |
2009 | History, Sociology | suzanne-newcombe | history sociology-history | yoga-studies | |
| Epilogue: Elevated Gurus, Concrete Traditions, and the Problems of Western Devotees | Daniel Gold |
Chapter from Gurus in America |
2005 | History, Sociology | daniel-gold | history sociology-history | gurus nrm usa | |
| Riding the Dawn Horse: Adi Da and the Eros of Nonduality | Jeffrey J. Kripal |
Chapter from Gurus in America |
2005 | History, Sociology | jeffrey-j-kripal | history sociology-history | addidam gurus nrm | |
| Osho, from Sex Guru to Guru of the Rich: The Spiritual Logic of Late Capitalism | Hugh B. Urban |
Chapter from Gurus in America |
2005 | History, Sociology | hugh-b-urban | history sociology-history | gurus nrm osho rajneesh | |
| The Perfectibility of Perfection: Siddha Yoga as a Global Movement | Lola Williamson |
Chapter from Gurus in America |
2005 | History, Sociology | lola-williamson | history sociology-history | guru muktananda nrm | |
| Passage to America: Ammachi on American Soil | Selva J. Raj |
Chapter from Gurus in America |
2005 | History | selva-j-raj | history | amma ammachi guru hugging mata-amritanandamayti nrm | |
| Baba’s World: A Global Guru and His Movement | Norris W. Palmer |
Chapter from Gurus in America |
2005 | History, Sociology | norris-w-palmer | history sociology-history | guru nrm sri-satya-sai-baba | |
| Krishna and Culture: What Happens When the Lord of Vrindavana Moves to New York City | Tamal Krishna Goswami and Ravi M. Gupta |
Chapter from Gurus in America |
2005 | History, Sociology | tamal-krishna-goswami-and-ravi-m-gupta | history sociology-history | gurus iskcon nrm | |
| Maharishi Mahesh Yogi: Beyond the TM Technique | Cynthia Ann Humes |
Chapter from Gurus in America |
2005 | History, Sociology | cynthia-ann-humes | history sociology-history | gurus nrm transcendental-mediation | |
| Weaving the Inward Thread to Awakening: The Perennial Appeal of Ramana Maharshi | Thomas A. Forsthoefel |
Chapter from Gurus in America |
2005 | History, Sociology | thomas-a-forsthoefel | history sociology-history | gurus nrm transcendental-mediation | |
| The Useful Body: The Yogic Answer to Appearance Management in the Post-Fordist Workplace | Verena Schnäbele |
Chapter from Transcultural Research – Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Europe in a Global Context |
2013 | History, Sociology | verena-schnabele | history sociology-history | ||
| Touching the Limits, Assessing Pain: On Language Performativity, Health, and Well-Being in Yoga Classes | Beatrix Hauser |
Chapter from Transcultural Research – Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Europe in a Global Context |
2013 | Anthropology, History | beatrix-hauser | anthropology-history history | ||
| The Impact of Kundalini Yoga on Concepts and Diagnostic Practice in Psychology and Psychotherapy | Liane Hofmann |
Chapter from Transcultural Research – Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Europe in a Global Context |
2013 | History | liane-hofmann | history | ||
| The Introduction of Yoga in German Schools: A Case Study | Suzanne Augenstein |
Chapter from Transcultural Research – Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Europe in a Global Context |
2013 | History | suzanne-augenstein | history | germany schools | |
| Raja Yoga and the Guru: Gurani Anjali of Yoga Anand Ashram, Amityville, New York | Christopher Key Chapple |
Chapter from Gurus in America |
2005 | History | christopher-key-chapple | history | gurus nrm | |
| Sāṃkhya in Transcultural Interpretation: Shri Anirvan (Srı Anirvāṇa) and Lizelle Reymond | Maya Burger |
Chapter from Yoga In Transformation |
2018 | History | maya-burger | history | history switzerland | |
| Following the Transcultural Circulation of Bodily Practices: Modern Yoga and the Corporeality of Mantras | Beatrix Hauser |
Chapter from Yoga In Transformation |
2018 | History, Religious Studies | beatrix-hauser | history religious-studies-history | history | |
| Yogis, Ayurveda, and Kayakalpa: The Rejuvenation of Pandit Malaviya | Suzanne Newcombe |
This article will consider the narrative and context around a particularly well-publicized incident of rejuvenation therapy, advertised as kāyakalpa ( … |
2017 | History | suzanne-newcombe | history | ayurveda history rasashatra | |
| The Flame and the Breeze: Life and Longevity Practices in Three Bengali Sufi Texts from the Long Seventeenth Century | Projit Bihari Mukharji |
This is a preliminary report on the longevity practices discussed in a Bengali Islamic Yogic text by Haji Muhammad called Nurjamal ba Suratnama writte … |
2017 | History, Medicine | projit-bihari-mukharji | history medicine | islam sufism | |
| Guru to the World: The Live and Legacy of Vivekananda | Ruth Harris |
Few thinkers have had so enduring an impact on both Eastern and Western life as Swami Vivekananda, the Indian monk who inspired the likes of Freud, Ga … |
2022 | History | ruth-harris | history | history | |
| Transnational Exchange and the Genesis of Modern Postural Yoga | Mark Singleton |
Chapter from Transcultural Research – Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Europe in a Global Context |
2013 | History | mark-singleton | history | ||
| Introduction: Transcultural Yoga(s). Analyzing a Traveling Subject | Beatrix Hauser |
Chapter from Transcultural Research – Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Europe in a Global Context |
2013 | History, Sociology | beatrix-hauser | history sociology-history | history sociology | |
| Magic and Yoga: The Role of Subcultures in Transcultural Exchange | Suzanne Newcombe |
Chapter from Transcultural Research – Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Europe in a Global Context |
2013 | History | suzanne-newcombe | history | ||
| Yoga within Viennese Occultism: Carl Kellner and Co. | Karl Baier |
Chapter from Yoga In Transformation |
2018 | History | karl-baier | history | austria esotericism germany history | |
| The yogic body in global transmission | Sravana Borkataky-Varma |
Chapter from Routledge Handbook of Yoga and Meditation Studies |
2021 | History, India | sravana-borkataky-varma | history india | kundalini | |
| Anglophone yoga and meditation outside of India | Suzanne Newcombe and Phillip Deslippe |
Chapter from Routledge Handbook of Yoga and Meditation Studies |
2021 | History | suzanne-newcombe-and-phillip-deslippe | history | america anglophone | |
| Yoga in Latin America: A critical overview | Adrián Muñoz |
Chapter from Routledge Handbook of Yoga and Meditation Studies |
2021 | History, Latin America | adrian-munoz | history latin-america | latin-america | |
| Yoga in Tibet | Naomi Worth |
Chapter from Routledge Handbook of Yoga and Meditation Studies |
2021 | History | naomi-worth | history | tibet | |
| Yoga and meditation in Korea | Kwangsoo Park and Younggil Park |
Chapter from Routledge Handbook of Yoga and Meditation Studies |
2021 | History | kwangsoo-park-and-younggil-park | history | korea | |
| The political history of meditation and yoga in Japan | Hidehiko Kurita |
Chapter from Routledge Handbook of Yoga and Meditation Studies |
2021 | History, History | hidehiko-kurita | history-history history | japan | |
| Secular discourse as a legitimating strategy for mindfulness meditation | Masoumeh Rahmani |
Chapter from Routledge Handbook of Yoga and Meditation Studies |
2021 | History, Medicine | masoumeh-rahmani | history medicine | mindfulness | |
| Yoga and meditation traditions in insular Southeast Asia | Andrea Acri |
Chapter from Routledge Handbook of Yoga and Meditation Studies |
2021 | History | andrea-acri | history | indonesia | |
| Yoga and Meditation as a Health Intervention | Suzanne Newcombe |
Chapter from Routledge Handbook of Yoga and Meditation Studies |
2021 | History | suzanne-newcombe | history | history | |
| Daoist meditation | Louis Komjathy |
Chapter from Routledge Handbook of Yoga and Meditation Studies |
2021 | History | louis-komjathy | history | daoism religious-studies | |
| Yoga and meditation in the Jain tradition | Samani Pratibha Pragya |
Chapter from Routledge Handbook of Yoga and Meditation Studies |
2021 | History | samani-pratibha-pragya | history | jainism religious-studies | |
| Christianity | Michael Stoeber and JaeGil Lee |
Chapter from Routledge Handbook of Yoga and Meditation Studies |
2021 | History | michael-stoeber-and-jaegil-lee | history | christain-yoga christianity | |
| Sikhi(sm) | Balbinder Singh Bhogal |
Chapter from Routledge Handbook of Yoga and Meditation Studies |
2021 | History, Sikhism | balbinder-singh-bhogal | history sikhism | sikhi sikhism | |
| Islam, yoga and meditation | Patrick J. D’Silva |
Chapter from Routledge Handbook of Yoga and Meditation Studies |
2021 | History | patrick-j-dsilva | history | islam | |
| Biography of a Yogi: Paramahansa Yogananda & the Origins of Modern Yoga | Anya P. Foxen |
This book examines Yogananda’s life and work to clarify linkages between the seemingly disparate aspects of modern yoga, and illuminates the intimate … |
2017 | History | anya-p-foxen | history | history yoga-studies | |
| Inhailing Spirit: Harmonialism, Orientalism and the Western Roots of Modern Yoga | Anya P. Foxen |
This book follows up on recent findings that modern postural yoga is the outcome of a complex process of transcultural exchange and syncretism and dig … |
2020 | Cultural History, History | anya-p-foxen | cultural-history history | history yoga-studies | |
| The Yoga Sutra of Patanjali: A Biography | David Gordon White |
The rise, fall, and modern resurgence of an enigmatic book revered by yoga enthusiasts around the world |
2019 | History, Indology | david-gordon-white | history indology-history | history yoga-studies | |
| Erakkomajoista Kuntosaleille: miten jooga valloitti maailman | Matti Rautaniemi |
Erakkomajoista Kuntosaleille: miten jooga valloitti maailman |
2015 | History | matti-rautaniemi | history | finland history | |
| Theos Bernard, the White Lama: Tibet, Yoga and American Religious Life | Paul G. Hackett |
Based on thousands of primary sources and rare archival materials, Theos Bernard, the White Lama recounts the real story behind the purported adventur … |
2012 | History | paul-g-hackett | history | history yoga-studies | |
| Yoga in Deutschland | Christian Fuchs |
Yoga in Deutschland |
1990 | History | christian-fuchs | history | germany history | |
| Cent Ans de Yoga en France | Silvia Ceccomori |
The study is divided into five main sections, describing different modes and phases of yoga’s diffusion [in France]. |
2001 | History | silvia-ceccomori | history | france history | |
| Warrior Ascetics and Indian Empires | Willliam Pinch |
Many people assume, largely because of Gandhi’s legacy, that Hinduism is a religion of non-violence. In this 2006 book William R. Pinch shows just how wrong this assumption is. Using the life of Anupg … |
2006 | History | willliam-pinch | history | asceticism power yoga | |
| Sinister Yogis | David Gordon White |
Since the 1960s, yoga has become a billion-dollar industry in the West, attracting housewives and hipsters, New Agers and the old-aged. But our modern conception of yoga derives much from nineteenth-c … |
2009 | History | david-gordon-white | history | power yoga | |
| Like A Tree Universally Spread: Sri Sabhapati Swami and Śivarājayoga | Keith Edward Cantú |
This book examines the life of a nineteenth- to early twentieth-century Tamil yogin named Sri Sabhapati Swami (Śrī Sabhāpati Svāmī or Capāpati Cuvāmikaḷ, ca. 1828-1923/4) and his unique English, Tamil … |
2024 | History | keith-edward-cantu | history | esotericism modern-yoga south-asian-languages theosophy | |
| Selling Yoga: From Counterculture to Pop Culture | Andrea Jain |
This book explores how modern yoga became transformed from a largely countercultural phenomenon to a part of pop culture when entrepreneurs became strategic participants in a global market and succeed … |
2015 | America, History | andrea-jain | america-history history | capitalism consumer-culture counterculture modern-yoga pop-culture | |
| The Yoga of Power: Yoga as Political Thought and Practice in India | Sunila Kalé and Christian Novetzke |
In Indian languages from Sanskrit to Marathi, yoga has an enormous range of meanings, though most often it refers to philosophy or methods to control the mind and body. This book argues for a wider un … |
2024 | History | sunila-kale-and-christian-novetzke | history | arthasastra bhagavad-gita nationalism power %e1%b9%9bg-veda yoga | |
| The Classical Reveries of Modern Yoga: Patañjali and Constructive Orientalism | Mark Singleton |
The installation of the YS as the Classical Yoga text in the modern age is bound up with several dialectically interlinked, ideological currents. These include colonial translation projects intended t … |
2008 | History | mark-singleton | history | classical-yoga modern-yoga orientalism patanjali yoga-sutra | |
| The Quest for Liberation-in-Life: A Survey of Early Works on Haṭha- and Rājayoga | Jason Birch |
The Quest for Liberation-in-Life: A Survey of Early Works on Haṭha- and Rājayoga … |
2020 | Hinduism, History | jason-birch | hinduism history | ha%e1%b9%adhapradipika ha%e1%b9%adhayoga liberation mok%e1%b9%a3a rajayoga siddhi tantra yoga | |
| The Serpent’s Tale: Kundalini, Yoga, and the History of an Experience | Sravana Borkataky-Varma and Anya Foxen |
The Serpent’s Tale: Kundalini, Yoga, and the History of an Experience … |
2025 | History | sravana-borkataky-varma-and-anya-foxen | history | kundalini metaphysical-religion mind-body modern-yoga yoga | |
| Suggestive Therapeutics: New Thought’s Relationship to Modern Yoga | Mark Singleton |
Modern, transnational yoga in the early twentieth century often defined itself in terms and ideologies borrowed from the popular current of esoteric American Protestantism known as New Thought |
2 MB | 2007 | History | mark-singleton | history | metaphysical-religion modern-yoga new-thought physical-culture psychosomatic-therapy |
| A Preliminary Survey of Modern Yoga Studies | Elizabeth De Michelis |
Modern yoga has emerged as a transnational global phenomenon during the course of the twentieth century and from about 1975 onwards it has progressively become acculturated in many different developed or developing societies and milieus worldwide |
2 MB | 2007 | History | elizabeth-de-michelis | history | |
| Yoga and Physical Education: Swami Kuvalayananda’s Nationalist Project | Joseph S. Alter |
In the 1920s, Jagannath G |
2 MB | 2007 | Anthropology, History | joseph-s-alter | anthropology-history history | gender hindu-nationalism muscular-christianity physical-education swami-kuvalayananda yoga |
| Yoga in Britain: Stretching Spirituality and Educating Yogis | Suzanne Newcombe |
Yoga in Britain reveals how yoga came to be an accepted, mainstream activity |
2019 | Britain, History | suzanne-newcombe | britain history | britain history yoga | |
| The Revival of Yoga in Contemporary India | Suzanne Newcombe |
The word yoga refers to a multi-faceted array of beliefs and practices |
2017 | History, India | suzanne-newcombe | history india | ||
| Yoga Tradition Of The Mysore Palace | Norman E. Sjoman |
This book traces the developmental years of the Ashtanga Yoga tradition of K |
1996 | History, India | norman-e-sjoman | history india | krishnamacharya mysore yoga | |
| Stretching for Health and Well-Being: Yoga and Women in Britain, 1960-1980 | Suzanne Newcombe |
In Britain, yoga became an increasingly popular group activity from the 1960s onwards in government-subsidised adult-education evening classes |
3 MB | 2007 | Britain, History | suzanne-newcombe | britain history | adult-education teacher-training women yoga |
| A History of Modern Yoga: Patañjali and Western esotericism | Elizabeth De Michelis |
A History of Modern Yoga traces the roots of Modern Yoga back to the spread of western esoteric ideas in 18th century Bengal’s intellectual circles |
2004 | History, India | elizabeth-de-michelis | history india | ||
| Yoga Body: The Origins of Modern Posture Practice | Mark Singleton |
Yoga is so prevalent in the modern world-practiced by pop stars, taught in schools, and offered in yoga centers, health clubs, and even shopping malls–that we take its presence, and its meaning, for granted |
2010 | History, India | mark-singleton | history india | ||
| The Power of Practice: How Music and Yoga Transformed the Life and Work of Yehudi Menuhin | Kristin Wendland |
The Power of Practice showcases the pioneering achievements of renowned violinist Yehudi Menuhin (1916-99) and how both disciplines transformed his life and practice |
2024 | History, Music | kristin-wendland | history music | iyengar menuhin music practice yoga | |
| What is Yogic Gnosticism? Demarcating an Elite Ritual Identity Worth Reconsidering | Karl-Stephan Bouthillette |
In this paper I gather core definitional components of yogic Gnosticism (aka jñāna-yoga/ the yoga of knowledge), which I produced for a forthcoming monograph (Metaphysics as Therapy, Springer, April 2025) on the use of taxonomy in the spiritual exercises of gnostic yogas |
2025 | History, Philology | karl-stephan-bouthillette | history philology-history | buddhism gnostic hinduism jainism jnanayoga vivekananda yoga yoga-of-knowledge | |
| Uncovering Vyāyāma in Yoga | Jerome Armstrong |
This chapter aims to show how the 19th-century revival of vyāyāma became a source for modern yoga to emerge in India during the first half of the 20th century |
2023 | History, India | jerome-armstrong | history india | bikram-yoga ha%e1%b9%adha-yoga surya-namaskar vayayma vinyasa | |
| Yoga and Vyāyāma in New Bengali Sources | Ida Pajunen |
This paper examines yoga āsana and vyāyāma instruction from Bengal in the twentieth century |
2024 | History, India | ida-pajunen | history india | asana bengal body-culture ha%e1%b9%adhayoga modern-postural-yoga vyayama yoga | |
| “Mother of Yoga”: Zhang Huilan, Chris Butler, and the Popularization of Yoga in the People’s Republic of China | Marc Lodge Andrew Lagace |
The past and present development of modern yoga within the People’s Republic of China (PRC) remains sorely understudied |
2024 | China, History | marc-lodge-andrew-lagace | china history | china chris-butler gau%e1%b8%8diya-vai%e1%b9%a3%e1%b9%87avism hare-krishnas iskcon qigong religion yoga zhang-huilan | |
| The Swami Circuit: Mapping the Terrain of Early American Yoga | Philip Deslippe |
This article provides an overview to what the author has termed “early American yoga,” yoga as it was understood in the United States from the late-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century |
2018 | History | philip-deslippe | history | america demographics early-american-yoga esotericism immigration magic modern modern-yoga usa vivekananda yogananda |