Yoga body : the origins of modern posture practice / Mark Singleton.
Singleton, Mark, 1976-
2010
RA781.7 .S568 2010 (Mapit)
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Title Yoga body : the origins of modern posture practice / Mark Singleton.
Author Singleton, Mark, 1976-
ISBN 9780195395341 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0195395344 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780195395358 (alk. paper)
0195395352 (alk. paper)
Imprint Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Language English
Description viii, 262 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number RA781.7 .S568 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification 613.7/046
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Introduction
A brief overview of yoga in the Indian tradition
Fakirs, yogins, Europeans
Popular portrayals of the yogin
India and the international physical culture movement
Modern Indian physical culture : degeneracy and experimentation
Yoga as physical culture I : strength and vigor
Yoga as physical culture II : harmonial gymnastics and esoteric dance
The medium and the message : visual reproduction and the āsana revival
T. Krishnamacharya and the Mysore āsana revival.

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