Yoga Body
The Origins of Modern Posture Practice
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. But how did the current yoga boom happen? And 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. Singleton shows that, contrary to…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-19-974252-3
- EAN: 9780199742523
- Produktnummer: 13942589
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 4'244 KB
Über den Autor
Mark Singleton is a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of the Languages and Cultures of South Asia, SOAS, University of London. He is the editor, with Jean Byrne, of Yoga in the Modern World: Contemporary Perspectives. He lives in London.
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