Covering yoga's varying definitions, its most important practices, such as posture, breath control, sensory withdrawal and meditation, as well as models of the esoteric and physical bodies, Roots of Yoga is a unique and essential source of knowledge. Translated and Edited with an Introduction by James Mallinson and Mark Singleton/5(). "Roots of Yoga" is a comprehensive overview that covers such a vast subject in 11 chapters and a long introduction. It took several years of gestation. Each chapter is devoted to a particular subject (e.g. what is yoga, postures, breath control, the yogic body, mantras, and yogic powers) and is subdivided in relevant sections following the chronological order of the texts/5(). 7 rows · · Covering yoga's varying definitions, its most important practices, such as posture, breath 5/5(2).
Despite the immense popularity of yoga today, there is surprisingly little knowledge of its roots among practitioners. This book brings together, for the first time, the core teachings of yoga in the words of their authors, rather than in the secondary versions of modern interpreters. Roots of Yoga, a reader of translations of texts on yoga introduced and edited by Dr Mallinson and Dr Mark Singleton will be published in the Penguin Classics series in January Since October Dr Mallinson has been leading a five-year six-person research project on the history of yoga funded by the European Research Council. James Mallinson is Senior Lecturer in Sanskrit and Classical and Indian Studies at SOAS, University of London. James Mallinson's interest in yoga grew out of a fascination for India and Indian asceticism - he spent several years living with Indian ascetics and yogis, in particular Rāmānandī Tyāgīs. Roots of Yoga. Penguin Classics.
James Mallinson’s interest in yoga grew out of a fascination for India and Indian asceticism – he spent several years living with Indian ascetics and yogis, in particular Rāmānandī Tyāgīs. His MA thesis, part of a major in ethnography, was on Indian asceticism. He became frustrated, however, with (to quote Sheldon Pollock) the “hypertrophy of method” that afflicts much of the humanities, and anthropology in particular, so sought to ground his future research in philology. "Roots of Yoga" is a comprehensive overview that covers such a vast subject in 11 chapters and a long introduction. It took several years of gestation. Each chapter is devoted to a particular subject (e.g. what is yoga, postures, breath control, the yogic body, mantras, and yogic powers) and is subdivided in relevant sections following the chronological order of the texts. One of Mallinson's books, Roots of Yoga, with Mark Singleton as co-editor, is accessible to the public as well as to scholars. It contains a selection of texts on yoga from ancient times to the 19th century, presenting the core teachings.
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