Yoga Ph.D.: Integrating the Life of the Mind and the Wisdom of

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Yoga Ph.D.: Integrating the Life of the Mind and the Wisdom of the Body

"Yoga Ph.D." explores contemporary yoga from the unique perspective of a political science professor-turned-yoga teacher. Like most Americans, Carol Horton started studying yoga in search of nothing more than stretching and stress relief. Over time, however, yoga revealed itself to be a powerful yet subtle tool for exploring her body, mind, and the connections between them in ways sheâ€™d never previously imagined possible. This caused her to wonder: What is yoga, really? Where did it come from? Why has it become so popular? And what does it offer us, as individuals and a society?

In "Yoga Ph.D.," Carol integrates her diverse experiences as yoga practitioner and social scientist to provide provocative answers to these questions. Contemporary yoga, she notes, is a paradoxically multidimensional practice, pursued for everything from physical fitness to spiritual transformation â€“ simultaneously commercial and mystical, recreational and therapeutic, scientific and esoteric. To make sense of such incongruities, Carol synthesizes personal reflections on her own practice with a research-based analysis of yoga as a sociocultural phenomenon. The result is a book that breaks new ground by offering a sympathetic yet critical analysis of the promise and pitfalls of American yoga.

Country	USA
Author	Carol Horton
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781623458638
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
Label	Kleio Books
Manufacturer	Kleio Books
NumberOfPages	180
PublicationDate	2013-01-02
Publisher	Kleio Books
ReleaseDate	2013-01-02
Studio	Kleio Books

Yoga Ph.D.: Integrating the Life of the Mind and the Wisdom of the Body

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