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The Subtle Body; The Story of Yoga in America
by Stefanie SymanEdition:
1st
ISBN13:
9780374236762
ISBN10:
0374236763
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Trade Book
Pub. Date:
6/22/2010
Publisher(s):
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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Summary
In this work, Syman tells the surprising story of yoga's transformation from a centuries-old spiritual discipline to a multibillion-dollar American industry.
Author Biography
Stefanie Syman, a literature graduate of Yale, was a founder of Feed, an early, award-winning Web magazine. She has written for The Wall Street Journal, Rolling Stone, Vogue, and Yoga Journal. A native of Los Angeles, she lives in Park Slope, Brooklyn, and has practiced yoga for more than fifteen years.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. 3 |
| Brahma? | p. 11 |
| Thoreau's Experiment | p. 26 |
| The Guru Arrives | p. 37 |
| Swami Vivekananda's Legacy | p. 62 |
| The Making of an American Guru | p. 80 |
| Theos Bernard's Spiritual Heroism | p. 116 |
| Margaret Woodrow Wilson "Turns Hindu" | p. 143 |
| Uncovering Reality in Hollywood | p. 160 |
| Hatha Yoga on Sunset Boulevard | p. 179 |
| Psychedelic Sages | p. 198 |
| How to Be a Guru Without Really Trying | p. 233 |
| Marshmallow Yoga | p. 256 |
| The New Penitents | p. 268 |
| Notes | p. 295 |
| Selected Bibliography | p. 359 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 365 |
| Index | p. 367 |
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