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Yoga is so prevalent in the modern world-practiced by pop stars, taught in schools, and offered in yoga centers, health clubs, and even shopping malls-that we take its presence, and its meaning, for granted. But how did the current yoga boom happen? And is it really rooted in ancient Indian practices, as many of its adherents claim? In this groundbreaking book, Mark Singleton calls into question many commonly held beliefs about the nature and origins of postural yoga (? sana) and suggests a radically new way of understanding the meaning of yoga as it is practiced by millions of people across the world today. Singleton shows that, contrary to popular belief, there is no evidence in the Indian tradition for the kind of health and fitness-oriented ? sana practice that dominates the global yoga scene of the twenty-first century. Singleton's surprising-and surely controversial-thesis is that yoga as it is popularly practiced today owes a greater debt to modern Indian nationalism and, even more surprisingly, to the spiritual aspirations of European bodybuilding and early 20th-century women's gymnastic movements of Europe and America, than it does to any ancient Indian yoga tradition. This discovery enables Singleton to explain, as no one has done before, how the most prevalent forms of postural yoga, like Ashtanga, Bikram and "Hatha" yoga, came to be the hugely popular phenomena they are today. Drawing on a wealth of rare documents from archives in India, the U.K. and the U.S.A., as well as interviews with the few remaining, now very elderly figures in the 1930s Mysore ? sana revival, Yoga Body turns the conventional wisdom about yoga on its head.

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Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
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"Singleton's radical, meticulously documented, sensitive analysis makes perfectly clear that what has come to be regarded as a veritable icon of Indic Civilization -- postural yoga -- is, in fact, unambiguously the hybrid product of colonial and post-colonial globalization." --Prof. Joseph S. Alter, University of Pittsburgh. Author of Yoga in Modern India: The Body Between Science and Philosophy

"Mark Singleton's Yoga Body: The Origins of Modern Posture Practice is an outstanding scholarly work which brings so much insight and clarity to the historic and cultural background of modern hatha yoga. I highly recommend this book, especially for all sincere students of yoga." --John Friend, Founder of Anusara Yoga

"I have been reading yoga texts and practicing yoga for 40 years, and I have taught a university-level academic course on yoga for the last 15 years, so it takes quite a good deal to teach me things about yoga I did not already know. This book has done so. It has been extremely informative and is rich with historical details. The quantity of field research is quite extraordinary, the prose articulate, the diction intelligent, and the narrative sound. It is a must-read among yoga teachers and serious students, and has the potential to transform much of the yoga world. This book will echo loudly through the global yoga community." --Prof. Kenneth Liberman, University of Oregon. Author of Dialectical Practice in Tibetan Philosophical Culture

"From the moment I started reading Mark Singleton's Yoga Body I couldn't put it down. It is beautifully written, extensively researched, and full of fascinating information. It stands alone in its depth of insight into a subject which has intrigued me for forty years." --David Williams, Maui, Hawaii. The first non-Indian to learn the complete Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga syllabus.

"Mark Singleton has written a sweeping and nuanced account of the origins and development of modern postural yoga in early twentieth-century India and the West, arguing convincingly that yoga as we know it today does not flow directly from the Yoga Sutras or India's medieval ha?ha yoga traditions, but rather emerged out of a confluence of practices, movements and ideologies, ranging from contortionist acts in carnival sideshows, British Army calisthenics and women's stretching exercises to social Darwinism, eugenics, and the Indian nationalist movement. The richly illustrated story he tells is an especially welcome contribution to the history of yoga, demonstrating the ways in which an ancient tradition was reinvented against the backdrop of India's colonial experience." --Prof. David Gordon White, University of California, Santa Barbara. Author of The Alchemical Body, Siddha Traditions in Medieval India

"Mark Singleton gives us here a groundbreaking, pioneering work. By carefully tracing the key 'missing links' in the development of contemporary notions of hatha yoga, he presents a far richer and nuanced picture than previously known. Quite simply, this is a book that cannot be ignored, destined to be reckoned with in any further study of the topic. Thoroughly researched, extraordinarily well informed, and lucidly argued, I recommended it very highly to all serious practitioners and students of modern yoga who want a deeper understanding of its evolution." --Carlos Pomeda, founder of Yoga Wisdom for Modern Life.

"Mark Singleton's book Yoga Body traces the evolution of the ever expanding practice of asana world-wide. His work offers a much needed historical perspective that will help correct much of the mythology and group-think that is emerging in the modern asana based 'yoga world'. Any serious asana practitioner who wishes to understand the place of asana in the greater tradition of yoga will do well to read it carefully." --Gary Krafstow, the founder of the American Viniyoga Institute, author of Yoga for Wellness and Yoga for Transformation

"Yoga Body by Mark Singleton is a scholarly exploration of how modern yoga, as currently practiced in countless studios, gyms, and schools across the country, evolved [...] In essence, this very popular form of yoga was greatly influenced by modern physical practices, not just traditional spiritual or mystical ones. Singleton makes a cogent argument backed up by references from many studies and sources [...] a work of merit that sheds a great deal of light on the development of modern yoga [...] an important contribution to our understanding of yoga." --San Francisco Book Review

"Mark Singleton [...] asks a big question: Where did modern yoga come from? His reply will no doubt disturb a lot of folks [...] as Singleton clearly and convincingly demonstrates, the physical practice of today is less than 100 years old, and it has very little to do with either Patanjali's or Krishna's teaching. Instead, it's the product of such disparate elements as British colonialist policies in India, 19th century physical health movements in Europe and India, the invention of the camera, and the reformist programs of Indian yoga teachers like Shri Yogendra and T. Krishnamacharya. This book, an invaluable source on modern yoga, should be on the reading list of every serious student and teacher training program." --Richard Rosen in Yoga Journal."

Über den Autor und weitere Mitwirkende

Mark Singleton is a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of the Languages and Cultures of South Asia, SOAS, University of London. He is the editor, with Jean Byrne, of Yoga in the Modern World: Contemporary Perspectives. He lives in London.

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Herausgeber ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press, U.S.A.; 2010. Edition (10. Februar 2010)
Sprache ‏ : ‎ Englisch
Taschenbuch ‏ : ‎ 272 Seiten
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0195395344
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0195395341
Abmessungen ‏ : ‎ 21.64 x 1.85 x 13.46 cm

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Kundenrezension aus Deutschland 🇩🇪 am 12. Juni 2011

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I am very impressed by Singleton's book.

Contentwise it verifies, what my yoga-teacher in India in his eye-twinkling way always said about other forms of yoga: "That's not Yoga, it's Gymnastics!" ... and I am happy to wholeheartedly be able to feel safe in repeating precisely that with full conviction. Asthanga? Flow? Power? Ain't no Yoga.
But Singleton's book goes way beyond that ... and frankly, I have no idea anymore what to call what I myself practise ... ;-/
So, be encouraged & warned at the same time:
This will rock your boat.

And, that is the factor I need to stress here:
Singleton unmasks modern "Yoga" with the preciseness of a surgeon, scientifically there seems no blind spots, everything he concludes is based on seamlessly connecting facts, supposedly the reason, why the book hasn't been challenged by the "physical" styles, you'd need to unearth quite a library to challenge Singleton's brilliant work.
And all that Singleton does with no trace of sarcasm, no appearent intention to put anyone down, to be the wisecrack, simply he is the scientist wanting to find out what can be brought to light about the "origins of modern postural yoga". His comments are SO balanced, this probably impressed me most.

I am looking forward to read his next book, hopefull named: "What IS traditional Yoga", for, as mentioned above, I definitely lost orientation here and whatever it is I practice, does not seem to go back 5000 years as it so selfrighteously claims ... despite it being very efficient, but that is two different points.

Thank you, Mr. Singleton, your book will be a classic, ten copies in each university library, standard literature in still 100 years, a landmark.

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brilliant but sometimes hard to keep a clear view

Kundenrezension aus Deutschland 🇩🇪 am 17. August 2011

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Like others have stated before me, this book is extremely well researched indeed. And that's a great thing. But keep in mind that it is NOT written in "popular" science writing style. This book is the real deal. There are quotations, dates, names and all the other landmarks of truly scientific writing that can make even the most well-written text a bit long-winded and at times hard to follow. Especially if you are unfamiliar with this type of writing you may find the book a bit tedious.

Another reason why the text is sometimes hard to follow is this: The developments the author discribes are very complex, often chronologically parallel, sometimes highly ambivalent. Diagrams or other graphic depictions of those processes would have helped immensely to keep a clear view, but unfortunately none are provided.

So, my conclulsion on this book: Highly interesting and extremely well researched. The only drop of bitterness: at times unnessessarily hard to follow. That's the reason for my 4 stars not 5.

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Kundenrezension aus Deutschland 🇩🇪 am 9. Juni 2011

I found this book by an accident and I'm absolutely happy, that it had happend! The author writes really good and describes difficult aspects of the yoga practice and origin in a very simple way. A lot of the informations, which has been contained in this text are quite unique or hard to get.

Absolutely YES for this book!

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Not scientific: "Yoga Body" one of the top 3 worst yoga books of all time

Kundenrezension aus Deutschland 🇩🇪 am 22. März 2022

I have been an editor of a yoga magazine for 20 years and I am responsible for book reviews there. The book "Yoga Body" is one of the top 3 worst yoga books of all time. The term "scientific" is completely wrong. "Polemical provocation" would be correct.

Singleton's book begins with mistakes, errors, and gaps. He claims that Blavatzky brought practical yoga to the West, which is incorrect. He does not even mention her successor, Annie Besant, who dealt extensively with yoga and published about it. Likewise, there is not a single sentence about the writer Gustav Meyrink, a yoga practitioner who sharply criticized the theosophists in 1907.

On page 44, Singleton cites a book by Richard Schmidt, who translated the Gheranda Samhita. But - he has not read this book, but only picked out half a sentence from the foreword. Where Richard Schmidt makes positive comments about yogis and hatha yoga in the following, Singelton suppresses all of this.

Conclusion: This erroneous collection full of gaps and misinterpretations can impress students and laypeople, but the work itself is of little use. The error rate is huge. It's pseudoscience.

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Kundenrezension aus Großbritannien 🇬🇧 am 2. Juni 2018

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DO NOT BE FOOLED ! The cover is misleading . This is NOT in anyway a 'how to ' book . This is not the authors fault .It's the publishers responsibility . This an academic study of the history of asana practice - and on that it is the best I have read - hence the 5 stars . This book was on my 'to read' for a long time before I purchased - which is just as well because I really needed 'how to ' yoga books . The book is very interesting , it feels like a work of love , it is thoughtful and very persuasive . It deals with the history of Hatha yoga in particular without pulling any punches . Since I have read it I find myself thinking, 'bullshit' to much people say about the 'ancient practice of yoga' . I love yoga and if anything this book makes me love it more - but you will learn nothing about how to perform any asana from it ; it will give you a great insight into yoga's 'real' history .

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Well researched document of the evolution of modern yoga

Kundenrezension aus Großbritannien 🇬🇧 am 22. November 2016

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I'm a yoga teacher and I'm also doing a PhD. I liked reading about the history of modern yoga and how we got to where we are today. I think it's important to understand the development so you get where all the teachings are coming from, and appreciate that "modern yoga" isn't entirely authentic. If you are delving into cultural appropriation topics then this is a must-read book! I still think that's okay, but I'm glad to know its true development. I also loved that this is essentially a published PhD thesis - very cleverly reimagined as a non-fiction book I would sit and read from start to finish (tons of references!)!

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Convincing account of the origins of yoga postures

Kundenrezension aus Großbritannien 🇬🇧 am 21. Mai 2011

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I ordered this book after picking up debates on it on various blogs talking about ashtanga yoga - although the author addresses modern yoga as practiced in the west in general, it is perhaps ashtanga whose myths are most challenged by the book.

I am an ashtanga student myself, practicing almost daily - and it's easy for me to see how the gymnastic origins of what we do, as postulated by Singleton, is completely credible. Having seen yoga practiced by saddhus in India (their practice is also covered in the book - then, as now, they were seen as outside of mainstream Hinduism and viewed with disdain or suspicion) it is clearly different (and, I would suggest, in some cases involves a whole other level of commitment). For some though, the idea that they are practicing something ancient, found in ancient texts and passed down from a guru in a cave in Tibet to Krishnamacharya, and then to Jois, is important and makes what they do more than just exercise. What actually makes it more than just exercise as usually understood these days is probably the breathing more than anything else - timing the movement with breathing. That too though, is, according to the book, borrowed from western exercise systems of the nineteenth and earlier twentieth centuries. I don't care much personally, as I find all the cod-sanskrit and po-faced spiritualism of some in the ashtanga scene more than a bit tedious (and, to be fair, from what I've seen of Jois himself, he never took it so seriously). A change in approach may be required though from those who currently insist, with a straight face, that bending over and touching the floor is veda-inspired and a step on the road to enlightenment.

Great book anyway - well-researched (including interviews with a number of people who were students of Krishnamacharya), balanced (although some will see an agenda, he doesn't make assertions he can't back up with empirical evidence, and is generous in giving some of the stories told about the origins of modern yoga, such as the 'yoga korunta' being eaten by ants, more of the benefit of the doubt than they probably deserve), and, for an academic text, easy to read. Lots of very interesting photos comparing yoga poses and the systems which the thesis says they are borrowed from.

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A must read

Kundenrezension aus Großbritannien 🇬🇧 am 17. November 2017

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Wonderful book! A must read for every yoga teacher/serious practitioner from any yoga tradition.
I personally found it easy to read and very fascinating! Thank you Mark Singleton!

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If you are serious about yoga

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An academic book. Properly cited, richly referenced and for the most part freshly written, at times wordy but always fair and logically researched arguments. Well worth having and using as a reference to understand the postural side of yoga. In fact, it changes the way we view yoga completely. A must read for dedicated yogis.

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