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The Great Oom : the improbable birth of yoga in America / Robert Love.

Love, Robert, 1951-
2010
B132.Y6 L64 2010 (Mapit)
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Title
The Great Oom : the improbable birth of yoga in America / Robert Love.
Author
Love, Robert, 1951-
ISBN
9780670021758
067002175X
Published
New York : Viking, 2010.
Language
English
Description
xii, 402 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Call Number
B132.Y6 L64 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification
294.3/44360973
Summary
Chronicles the emergence of yoga in Jazz Age New York, tracing the contributions of instructor Pierre Bernard, who trained with an Indian master before introducing patrons to modern yogic principles from his profitable Hudson River ashram.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Preface
Prologue: A man in love with beauty
First son of a first son
Kali Mudra
Tantrik nights
Downfall and disgrace
"What is this man?"
Yoga at large
Partners
Expansion
For love and money
The promised land
Welcome to Nyack
Interrogation
Body and mind
Enter Sir Paul
Bach, baseball, and Buddha
The Vanderbilt knot
The show goes on
Blue skies, big plans
A leap of faith
Good times, bad times
Citizen Oom
The message gets out
Change in the air
Running out of tricks
The cosmic punch
A Nazi in Nyack
Family man
Final days
Epilogue: Genius or fraud?

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