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Gurus of modern yoga / edited by Mark Singleton, Ellen Goldberg.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, USA, 2013Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780199938711
  • 0199938717
  • 9780199345892
  • 0199345899
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Gurus of modern yogaDDC classification:
  • 294.5/4360922 23
LOC classification:
  • BL1171 .G87 2013eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
  • REL032000 | HEA025000
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Contents:
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""Note on Transliteration""; ""Introduction""; ""PART ONE: Key Figures in Early Twentieth-Century Yoga""; ""1. Manufacturing Yogis: Swami Vivekananda as a Yoga Teacher""; ""2. Remembering Sri Aurobindo and the Mother: The Forgotten Lineage of Integral Yoga""; ""3. Shri Yogendra: Magic, Modernity, and the Burden of the Middle-Class Yogi""; ""PART TWO: The Lineages of T. Krishnamacharya ""; ""4. T. Krishnamacharya, Father of Modern Yoga""; ""5. “Authorized by Sri K. Pattabhi Joisâ€?: The Role of ParamparÄ? and Lineage in Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga""
""6. Becoming an Icon: B. K. S. Iyengar as a Yoga Teacher and a Yoga Guru""""7. The Institutionalization of the Yoga Tradition: “Gurusâ€? B. K. S. Iyengar and Yogini Sunita in Britain""; ""PART THREE: Tantra-Based Gurus""; ""8. Swami KrÌ£pÄ?lvÄ?nanda: The Man behind Kripalu Yoga""; ""9. Muktananda: Entrepreneurial Godman, Tantric Hero""; ""10. Stretching toward the Sacred: John Friend and Anusara Yoga""; ""PART FOUR: Bhaktiyoga""; ""11. SvÄ?minÄ?rÄ?yanÌ£a: Bhaktiyoga and the AksÌ£arabrahman Guru""; ""12. Sathya Sai Baba and the Repertoire of Yoga""; ""PART FIVE: Technology""
""13. Engineering an Artful Practice: On Jaggi Vasudev�s Isha Yoga and Sri Sri Ravi Shankar�s Art of Living""""14. Online Bhakti in a Modern Guru Organization""; ""PART SIX: Nation-Builders""; ""15. Eknath Ranade, Gurus, and Jīvanvratīs: the Vivekananda Kendra�s Promotion of the “Yoga Way of Life�""; ""16. Swami Ramdev: Modern Yoga Revolutionary""; ""Index""
Summary: "Gurus of Modern Yoga explores the contributions that individual gurus have made to the formation of the practices and discourses of yoga in today's world. The focus is not limited to India, but also extends to the teachings of yoga gurus in the modern, transnational world, and within the Hindu diaspora. Each of the sections deals with a different aspect of the guru within modern yoga. Included are extensive considerations of the transnational tantric guru; the teachings of modern yoga's best-known guru, T. Krishnamacharya, and those of his principal disciples; the place of technology, business, and politics in the work of global yoga gurus; and the role of science and medicine. Although the principal emphasis is on the current situation, some of the essays demonstrate the continuing influence of gurus from generations past. As a whole, the book represents an extensive and diverse picture of the place of the guru in contemporary yoga practice"-- Provided by publisher
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"Gurus of Modern Yoga explores the contributions that individual gurus have made to the formation of the practices and discourses of yoga in today's world. The focus is not limited to India, but also extends to the teachings of yoga gurus in the modern, transnational world, and within the Hindu diaspora. Each of the sections deals with a different aspect of the guru within modern yoga. Included are extensive considerations of the transnational tantric guru; the teachings of modern yoga's best-known guru, T. Krishnamacharya, and those of his principal disciples; the place of technology, business, and politics in the work of global yoga gurus; and the role of science and medicine. Although the principal emphasis is on the current situation, some of the essays demonstrate the continuing influence of gurus from generations past. As a whole, the book represents an extensive and diverse picture of the place of the guru in contemporary yoga practice"-- Provided by publisher

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""Note on Transliteration""; ""Introduction""; ""PART ONE: Key Figures in Early Twentieth-Century Yoga""; ""1. Manufacturing Yogis: Swami Vivekananda as a Yoga Teacher""; ""2. Remembering Sri Aurobindo and the Mother: The Forgotten Lineage of Integral Yoga""; ""3. Shri Yogendra: Magic, Modernity, and the Burden of the Middle-Class Yogi""; ""PART TWO: The Lineages of T. Krishnamacharya ""; ""4. T. Krishnamacharya, Father of Modern Yoga""; ""5. “Authorized by Sri K. Pattabhi Joisâ€?: The Role of ParamparÄ? and Lineage in Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga""

""6. Becoming an Icon: B. K. S. Iyengar as a Yoga Teacher and a Yoga Guru""""7. The Institutionalization of the Yoga Tradition: “Gurusâ€? B. K. S. Iyengar and Yogini Sunita in Britain""; ""PART THREE: Tantra-Based Gurus""; ""8. Swami KrÌ£pÄ?lvÄ?nanda: The Man behind Kripalu Yoga""; ""9. Muktananda: Entrepreneurial Godman, Tantric Hero""; ""10. Stretching toward the Sacred: John Friend and Anusara Yoga""; ""PART FOUR: Bhaktiyoga""; ""11. SvÄ?minÄ?rÄ?yanÌ£a: Bhaktiyoga and the AksÌ£arabrahman Guru""; ""12. Sathya Sai Baba and the Repertoire of Yoga""; ""PART FIVE: Technology""

""13. Engineering an Artful Practice: On Jaggi Vasudev�s Isha Yoga and Sri Sri Ravi Shankar�s Art of Living""""14. Online Bhakti in a Modern Guru Organization""; ""PART SIX: Nation-Builders""; ""15. Eknath Ranade, Gurus, and Jīvanvratīs: the Vivekananda Kendra�s Promotion of the “Yoga Way of Life�""; ""16. Swami Ramdev: Modern Yoga Revolutionary""; ""Index""