This book revisits the early systemic formation of meditation practices called ‘yoga’ in South Asia by employing metaphor theory. Karen O’Brien-Kop al …
Rethinking ‘Classical Yoga’ and Buddhism: Meditation, Metaphors and Materiality Read More »
This book contains a translation of the Pātañjalayogaśāstra, i.e. the Yogasūtra ascribed to Patañjali and its primary commentary, Yogabhāṣya, of dispu …
The Yoga System of Patañjali Read More »
Can the theory and practice of the yogic tradition serve as a challenge to dominant cultural and political norms in the Western world? In this essay I demonstrate that modern yoga is a creature of fab …
The Neoliberal Yogi and the Politics of Yoga Read More »
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 …
The Classical Reveries of Modern Yoga: Patañjali and Constructive Orientalism Read More »
Embodying Transnational Yoga: Eating, Singing, and Breathing in Transformation …
Embodying Transnational Yoga: Eating, Singing, and Breathing in Transformation Read More »
