Embodying Transnational Yoga - Eating, Singing, and Breathing in Transformation

This book is a refreshingly original, multi-sited ethnography of transnational yoga that obliges us to look beyond postural practice (¿sana) in modern yoga research. It will be a valuable resource for Religious Studies, Anthropology, and South Asian Religions.

List of contents

Introduction. Engaged Alchemies: New Approaches to the Study of Contemporary Yoga; Chapter 1. Patanjali and Arjuna meet American Countercuisine: Yogic Diet and Selfless Service at Gurani Anjali's Yoga Anand Ashram, Long Island; Chapter 2. Yogananda's Sacred Music in Paradise: Ukuleles and the Unstruck Sound at Polestar Gardens, Hawaii; Chapter 3. Internalizing the Sacrifice in a Sacrifice Zone: Situating Purifying Pr¿¿¿y¿ma in Pollution at Kaivalyadhama Yoga Institute, Lonavala; Conclusion. Future Directions for the Study of Yoga; Index

About the author

Christopher Jain Miller is Professor of Jain and Yoga Studies and Vice President of Academic Affairs at Arihanta Institute, San Jose, USA; Visiting Professor at Claremont School of Theology, Los Angeles, USA; and Visiting Researcher at the University of Zürich's Asien-Orient-Institut, Zürich, Switzerland.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Jain Miller, Christopher Jain (Arihanta Academy Miller
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.01.2025
• EAN: 9781032538693
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3253869-3
• No. of pages: 164
• Series: Routledge Series on the Indian Ocean and Trans-Asia
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Anthropology, Society & culture: general, India, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Religion: general, Environmentalist thought & ideology, Regional Studies, Social and cultural anthropology, Regional / International studies, Human biology, Society and culture: general, Environmentalist thought and ideology, Medical Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General