Stories
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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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Yoga gets physical
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
A yoga teacher in 1930s India inspired today’s transnational practice with his spectacular fusion of tradition and innovation.
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Trading breastmilk with men
When Alev Scott advertised her milk for sale, she was inundated with messages from men keen to satisfy sexual fetishes. Here she finds out who they are, and why women sell to them.
Catalogue
- Ephemera
Bodybuilding : gaining weight / Davina Health & Fitness Limited.
Date: 1992- Books
Bodybuilding : reforming masculinities in British art 1750-1810.
Myrone, Martin.Date: 2005- Pictures
James Gardiner Collection: "Bodybuilding by post" Album.
Date: between 1930 and 1957Reference: 3305116iPart of: The James Gardiner Collection.- Books
Body-building, or, Man in the making : how to become healthy & strong : containing sets of exercises and special photos of Mr. Sandow and family / written by Eugen Sandow.
Sandow, Eugen, 1867-1925.Date: [1904]- Pictures
Two bodybuilding posters in front of health supplement shelf.
Date: [between 1970 and 1990?]Reference: 3289246iPart of: The James Gardiner Collection.