Assorted Perspective

How did Yoga come to America?


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How did yoga come to America? Why are most yoga instructors white women? Anna and Jackie investigate these questions and more on this episode of Assorted Perspective!

Theme song by Sebastian Bracamontes

Sources:


De Michelis, Elizabeth. A History of Modern Yoga: Patañjali and Western Esotericism. London New York: Continuum, 2005.

Jain, Andrea R. Selling Yoga: From Counterculture to Pop Culture. Oxford ; New York: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2015.

Farmer, Jared. “Americanasana.” Reviews in American History 40, no. 1 (2012): 145–58. https://doi.org/10.1353/rah.2012.0016.


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