How Yoga came to Britain with Suzanne Newcombe

audiobook (Unabridged) ∣ From an esoteric concept to a mainstream activity · Hindu Scholars

By Suzanne Newcombe

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Format

audiobook

Edition

Unabridged

Series

Hindu Scholars

Author

Suzanne Newcombe

Narrator

Suzanne Newcombe

Publisher

Wise Studies

Release

01 May 2021

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Subjects

Health & Fitness Religion & Spirituality Sociology Nonfiction

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Over three sessions Suzanne explores how yoga came to Britain, covering the individuals and movements that influenced the exchange between the yoga from India, and the cast of characters in Britain that eagerly received these exotic ideas and practices that have become part of mainstream, modern life.

  • Session 1: Suzanne introduces British travelogues from India in the seventeenth century, the influences of colonial India and the Theosophical Society, Watkins Bookshop, Jiddu Krishnamurti, the physical culture movement, the presentations of yogic powers and how medical science searched for answers before penicillin, the first appearance of yoga on British television in the 1940's and Paul Brunton.
  • Session 2: We hear about the importance of B.K.S. Iyengar, Light on Yoga, Gerald Yorke and the Inner London Education Authority, Swami Sivananda, the first yoga studios in Britain, Pattabhi Jois and Derek Ireland.
  • Session 3: Suzanne emphasises the importance of The Beatles, The Asian Music Circle, the hippie trail, the arrival of Indian gurus, Gandalf's Garden, drug culture and the expansion of consciousness, Centre House, Yogini Sunita, Wilfred Clark and the Wheel of British Yoga and the tensions between tradition and authenticity.

    • Format

    audiobook

    Edition

    Unabridged

    Series

    Hindu Scholars

    Author

    Suzanne Newcombe

    Narrator

    Suzanne Newcombe

    Publisher

    Wise Studies

    Release

    01 May 2021

    Share

    Subjects

    Health & Fitness Religion & Spirituality Sociology Nonfiction
    How Yoga came to Britain with Suzanne Newcombe