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Not one yoga, but many yogas
| Lalita Kaplish
From ancient tradition to modern gym class, yoga means many things to many people.
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Yoga gets physical
| Lalita Kaplish
Modern yoga owes a debt to the physical culture movement that created a world obsessed with health and fitness.
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Yoga adapts to time and place
| Lalita Kaplish
A yoga teacher in 1930s India inspired today’s transnational practice with his spectacular fusion of tradition and innovation.
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Sun salutations and yoga synthesis in India
| Lalita Kaplish
Surya namaskars, or sun salutations, have a long history in South Asia, but their place at the heart of modern yoga is more recent.
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The yogi as hermit, warrior, criminal and showman
| Lalita Kaplish
How the modern world changed the life and reputation of the yogi.
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Vivekananda’s journey
| Lalita Kaplish
How a young Indian monk’s travels around the world inspired modern yoga.