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The book reviews existing scientific literature, evaluating the quality and methodology of studies related to each claim. [1] Broad identifies evidence supporting some benefits of yoga as exercise, such as reducing anxiety and improving mood, while noting areas where evidence is lacking, such as in weight loss . [ 1 ]
Roots of Yoga is a 2017 book of commentary and translations from over 100 ancient and medieval yoga texts, mainly written in Sanskrit but including several other languages, many not previously published, about the origins of yoga including practices such as āsana, mantra, and meditation, by the scholar-practitioners James Mallinson and Mark Singleton.
William Walker Atkinson (December 5, 1862 – November 22, 1932) was an attorney, merchant, publisher, and author, as well as an occultist and an American pioneer of the New Thought movement. He is the author of the pseudonymous works attributed to Theron Q. Dumont and Yogi Ramacharaka. [1]
The Path of Modern Yoga: The History of an Embodied Spiritual Practice is a 2016 history of the modern practice of postural yoga by the yoga scholar Elliott Goldberg. [1] It focuses in detail on eleven pioneering figures of the transformation of yoga in the 20th century, including Yogendra, Kuvalayananda, Pant Pratinidhi, Krishnamacharya, B. K. S. Iyengar and Indra Devi.
Richard C. Miller (born 1948) is an American clinical psychologist, author, yoga scholar and advocate of yoga as therapy. [1]Miller is the founder and executive director of the Integrative Restoration Institute (IRI), co-founder of the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT), [2] founder of iRest Center, and founding editor of the professional Journal of IAYT. [3]
The actor Dennis Weaver gave a copy of the book to Linda Evans, saying that it had changed his life. Evans says that, "Because of Dennis, I took the first step in what would become a life long spiritual journey." [34] Andrew Weil, director of the program in integrative medicine at University of Arizona, wrote the book Eating Well for Optimum ...
Nischala Joy Devi was trained in conventional medicine [1] and is an international advocate for Yoga and its subtle uses for spiritual growth as well as physical and mental healing. She was a monastic disciple of Swami Satchidananda , creator of Integral Yoga , for over 20 years. [ 2 ]
The Story of Yoga: From Ancient India to the Modern West [S 1] is a cultural history of yoga by Alistair Shearer, published by Hurst in 2020. It narrates how an ancient spiritual practice in India became a global method of exercise, often with no spiritual content, by way of diverse movements including Indian nationalism, the Theosophical Society, Swami Vivekananda's coming to the west, self ...