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Yoga Body by Call Number: General Stacks B132.Y6 A483 2004ISBN: 9780195395341Publication Date: 2004How did the current yoga boom happen? Is it really rooted in ancient Indian practices, as many of its adherents claim? In this groundbreaking book, Mark Singleton calls into question many commonly held beliefs about the nature and origins of postural yoga (asana) and suggests a radically new way of understanding the meaning of yoga as it is practiced by millions of people across the world today. -
Yoga: The Indian Tradition by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9780415600200Publication Date: 2003The essays collected here provide a sense of the historical emergence of the classical system presented by Patañjali, a careful examination of the key elements, overall character and contemporary relevance of that system (as found in the Yoga Sutra) and a glimpse of some of the tradition's many important ramifications in later Indian religious history. -
The Subtle Body: the story of yoga in America by Call Number: General Stacks B132.Y6 S96 2010ISBN: 9780374236762Publication Date: 2010In The Subtle Body, Stefanie Syman tells the surprising story of yoga's transformation from a centuries-old spiritual discipline to a multibillion-dollar American industry. -
The Science of Yoga: the risks and the rewards by Call Number: General Stacks RA781.7 .B757 2012ISBN: 9781451641431Publication Date: 2012A lead science writer for The New York Times examines centuries of history and research to scrutinize the claims made about yoga for health, fitness, emotional wellbeing, sex, weight loss, healing, and creativity. -
Yoga by Call Number: Oversize Books N7301 .D53 2013 +ISBN: 9781588344595Publication Date: 2013An exploration of yoga's meanings and transformations over time; the discipline's goals of spiritual enlightenment, worldly power, and health and well-being; and the beauty and profundity of Indian art.
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