This article is a personal reflection on the evolution of Yoga teaching and practice in the United Kingdom as I have experienced it growing up and growing old(er) in the Lambourn Valley in Berkshire, in the South West of England
This article identifies an illustrated Harhayoga manuscript preserved in the British Library (London) and discusses the manuscript’s significance in the context of traditions of 84 postures (asana) in Yoga
The Amṛtasiddhi is a text that has recently become better known to people who are interested in the study and practice of yoga, especially Haṭha Yoga
Yoga Posture and Forceful Yoga: Tibetan Amṛtasiddhi Texts by Amoghavajra Read More »
China has an unbroken history of therapeutic stretches, gymnastics, and callisthenic practices—collectively known as daoyin—that date back to the 2nd century BCE
This paper examines yoga āsana and vyāyāma instruction from Bengal in the twentieth century
Yoga and Vyāyāma in New Bengali Sources Read More »
This article reassesses the history of postural yoga in precolonial India by drawing attention to recently discovered visual material evidence of non-seated postures carved onto the pillars of Vijayanagara temples at Hampi in Karnataka
The Haṭhābhyāsapaddhati is a Sanskrit text on the practice of Haṭhayoga, probably composed in the eighteenth century in Maharashtra
The Yoga of the Haṭhābhyāsapaddhati: Haṭhayoga on the Cusp of Modernity Read More »
In this chapter, we formulate a corpus of premodern praxis manuals on yoga that were composed in the 18th and 19th century in rudimentary Sanskrit and vernacular languages, which were likely documenting collections of yoga postures (āsana) current among practitioners of the time
This chapter aims to broaden our understanding of the visual record of yogis carved upon the temple pillars and walls of several Vijayanagara-era temple sites in the Deccan—including major temple complexes at Hampi, Śrīśailam, Śṛṅgerī, Lepākṣī, and Śravaṇabeḷagola
Yogi Sculptures: Complex Āsanas Across the Deccan Read More »
