In her new book, Michelle Goldberg traces the Western practice of yoga to a Russian woman named Indra Devi. Goldberg says that many of the poses in modern yoga can't be traced beyond 150 years ago.
i don't think anyone who practices yoga believes that the yoga asanas taught today in western yoga studios are ancient. that's certainly not what yoga teachers are teaching their students, as far as i know.
the yoga sutras were compiled over 1,500 years ago and outline the 8 limbs of yoga - the physical practice of asana is just one of those eight limbs. physical poses likely were done to enable the body to sit in meditation for long periods time.
so yes, yoga is ancient but certainly not the "yoga" that we have today.
yeah, i thought it was a lousy pull quote, but the actual broadcast was and what the book is mostly about is the east-west exchange of ideas and the colorful people involved. recommending the audio interview with the author on freshhhh aiiir.
i'll have a listen, and thanks for posting. i was put off by "the great myth" of which i don't believe there is one, though i'm not a follower of popular yoga goings-on so who knows whats out there. i don't read yoga journals and stay with certain teachers. as with anything - choose your teacher carefully!!
wow, linda that is scary
hard to believe what a putz he is!
creepy dudes are everywhere
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- bill 6-02-2015 4:48 pm
i don't think anyone who practices yoga believes that the yoga asanas taught today in western yoga studios are ancient. that's certainly not what yoga teachers are teaching their students, as far as i know.
the yoga sutras were compiled over 1,500 years ago and outline the 8 limbs of yoga - the physical practice of asana is just one of those eight limbs. physical poses likely were done to enable the body to sit in meditation for long periods time.
so yes, yoga is ancient but certainly not the "yoga" that we have today.
- linda 6-02-2015 7:40 pm [add a comment]
and that's a very good thing because one thing Patanjali's Yoga Sutras make abundantly clear over and over is that Yoga is NOT for women
not that Hinduism has much use for women either outside of statutory rape and undinal statuary
and imagine a yoga class without statuesque women
and their attendant creepy spiritual dudes
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yeah, i thought it was a lousy pull quote, but the actual broadcast was and what the book is mostly about is the east-west exchange of ideas and the colorful people involved. recommending the audio interview with the author on freshhhh aiiir.
- bill 6-02-2015 9:17 pm [add a comment]
i'll have a listen, and thanks for posting. i was put off by "the great myth" of which i don't believe there is one, though i'm not a follower of popular yoga goings-on so who knows whats out there. i don't read yoga journals and stay with certain teachers. as with anything - choose your teacher carefully!!
- linda 6-03-2015 10:06 pm [add a comment]
wow, linda that is scary
- Skinny 6-04-2015 11:53 am [add a comment]
hard to believe what a putz he is!
- bill 6-04-2015 5:32 pm [add a comment]
creepy dudes are everywhere
- linda 6-04-2015 9:16 pm [add a comment]