Yoga and Physical Education: Swami Kuvalayananda’s Nationalist Project
In the 1920s, Jagannath G
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Immortality and Longevity through Yoga in the Tirumantiram
Tirumūlar yoga reveals the practices through which one may achieve longevity and immortality
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Yoga in Britain: Stretching Spirituality and Educating Yogis
Yoga in Britain reveals how yoga came to be an accepted, mainstream activity
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Yoga Tradition Of The Mysore Palace
This book traces the developmental years of the Ashtanga Yoga tradition of K
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Stretching for Health and Well-Being: Yoga and Women in Britain, 1960-1980
In Britain, yoga became an increasingly popular group activity from the 1960s onwards in government-subsidised adult-education evening classes
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The Wheel of the Navel and Lotus of the Heart: Metaphor, Medical Knowledge, and the Body of Early Yoga
This essay examines the formative history of the cakras of tantric yoga through a genealogy of the “wheel of the navel” (nābhicakra) and “lotus of the heart” (hṛdayapuṇḍarīka, etc
The Power of Practice: How Music and Yoga Transformed the Life and Work of Yehudi Menuhin
The Power of Practice showcases the pioneering achievements of renowned violinist Yehudi Menuhin (1916-99) and how both disciplines transformed his life and practice
Sūryanamaskār: Tracing the Origins of Yoga’s Sun Salutation
In contemporary, globalised yoga, few practices are as widespread or as emblematic as sūryanamaskār (‘salutation to the sun’)
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What is Yogic Gnosticism? Demarcating an Elite Ritual Identity Worth Reconsidering
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
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Firm Feet and Inner Wind: Introducing Posture in the South Indian Martial Art, Kaḷarippayaṟṟ ̆
Kaḷarippayaṟṟ˘ developed as an intertwined martial and medical system in various styles across South India