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Yoga Body: The Origins of Modern Posture Practice
Mark Singleton
Yoga Body: The Origins of Modern Posture Practice
Mark Singleton
The practice of yoga has become hugely popular in the West. Most people assume (and many claim) that 'postural' yoga - characterized by the familiar, demanding, physical poses - is an ancient Indian tradition. But in fact, as Mark Singleton shows, this type of yoga is quite a recent development, with its beginnings traceable to the middle of the 19th-century. Singleton here presents the first in-depth study of the origins of postural yoga, challenging many currentnotions about its nature and origins.
272 pages, Illustrations, ports.
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | February 25, 2010 |
ISBN13 | 9780195395358 |
Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
Pages | 272 |
Dimensions | 157 × 236 × 25 mm · 544 g |
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