History of Modern Yoga

by Elizabeth De Michelis

In recent years yoga and meditation have become mass-market pursuits in the West. A History of Modern Yoga traces this phenomenon back to its ideological roots in the esoteric circles of late 18th century Bengal, then follows some of its main developments to date. Fully-fledged Modern Yoga, the author argues, started with the publication of Swami Vivekananda's seminal Raja Yoga (1896), in which Patanjali's Yoga Sutras were reconfigured along the lines...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826465129
• ISBN13: 9780826465122
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.4"