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Sun salutations and yoga synthesis in India

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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Can our minds be taken hostage?

It’s not unusual for captives to end up feeling strong bonds with their captors. But is it a matter of submission or survival?

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  • The announcing angel salutes the Virgin. Engraving.
  • Yakult : un allenamento quotidiano per la salute del tuo intestino / Yakult Italia.
  • Yakult : un allenamento quotidiano per la salute del tuo intestino / Yakult Italia.
  • The Royal Infirmary from the Salute Battery in Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland. Etching by J. Ford.
  • The Blessed Virgin of Health in Beata Vergine della Salute in Venice and a view of the church. Photomechancial print.
  • An infected hand being raised in salute to a skull, representing the fatal effect of septicaemia. Lithograph after Pat Keely, 1943.
  • The fifteen children of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Bolster of New York, whose ages range from 2 to 21, salute their parents.
  • A group of men are sitting at a table eating and drinking, one raises a riding crop in salute, another a glass. Etching.
  • Napoléon Bonaparte saluting wounded enemy soldiers. Aquatint by Gordien, 1828, after J.B. Debret.
  • A Parisienne liqueur label illustrated with Frenchmen saluting their national flag. Coloured engraving, 19th century.
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