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The subtle body : the story of yoga in America / Stefanie Syman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Syman, Stefanie.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Yoga.
- Leisure--Economic aspects.
- United States--Religion.
- United States.
- Religion.
- Leisure--Economic aspects--United States.
- Leisure.
- Big business--United States.
- Big business.
- Physical Description:
- 390 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010.
- Summary:
- In "The Subtle Body," Stefanie Syman tells the surprising story of yoga's transformation from a centuries-old spiritual discipline to a multibillion-dollar American industry.
- Contents:
- Brahma?
- Thoreau's experiment
- The guru arrives
- Swami Vivekananda's legacy
- The making of an American guru
- Theos Bernard's spiritual heroism
- Margaret Woodrow Wilson "turns Hindu"
- Uncovering reality in Hollywood
- Hatha yoga on Sunset Boulevard
- Psychedelic sages
- How to be a guru without really trying
- Marshmallow yoga
- The new penitents.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780374236762
- 0374236763
- OCLC:
- 456171421
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