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YS 136 |Ā Straps, Mats, and Huts: A Visual and Material History of Yoga
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Join Dr. Seth Powell for this special 3-week course exploring the history of yoga through the analysis of three yogic objects—straps, mats, and huts. Surveying Indian sculptures, paintings, and illustrated manuscripts, and texts, we will attempt to trace a history of physical yoga practice from ancient India to the contemporary yoga studio.
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