The Subtle Body The Story of Yoga in America

by Syman, Stefanie

• ISBN13: 9780374236762
• ISBN10: 0374236763
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-06-22
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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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