In this groundbreaking book, Mark Singleton shows that, contrary to popular belief, there is no evidence in the Indian tradition for the kind of health and fitness-oriented asana practice that dominates the global yoga scene today. 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 ...
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In this groundbreaking book, Mark Singleton shows that, contrary to popular belief, there is no evidence in the Indian tradition for the kind of health and fitness-oriented asana practice that dominates the global yoga scene today. 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.
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Although it is a slow read and I only read a few pages at a time, I found it an eye opener. Mr Singleton has researched the material well. He is not playing or choosing a side, but giving well- founded information.
