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Yoga, Accessibility, and Disability | SOAS Centre of Yoga Studies accessible yoga disability melanie klein seth powell soas whatayogilookslike yoga history Jan 26, 2021

 

Join Yogic Studies Founder and Director, Seth Powell, for a conversation with author Melanie Klein about yoga, accessibility, and disability in history and modernity, hosted by the SOAS Centre of Yoga Studies. We hope you enjoy this rich and relevant dialogue! Please find the video on the...

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Interview with Accessible Yoga Part 4: Modern Misconceptions about Early Yoga "authentic" yoga accessible yoga modern yoga orthopraxy yoga and religion yoga history Dec 10, 2018

 

Part 4/4 of Seth Powell's interview with Patrice Priya Wagner from Accessible Yoga. Reposted with permission. The original post can be found here

Priya: Regarding access to yoga practice throughout India’s history, or more recently in the West, what misconception...

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Interview with Accessible Yoga Part 3: Who Had Access to Yoga in Premodern India accessible yoga haṭha yoga project haṭhapradīpikā history of āsana medieval yoga yoga history āsana Śivayogapradīpikā Nov 26, 2018

The Great Stupa at Sanchi. Madhya Pradesh, Stone Relief, (c. 50 BCE- 50 CE).
Image from Diamond (2013, 28).

 

Part 3/4 of Seth Powell's interview with Patrice Priya Wagner from Accessible Yoga. Reposted with permission. The original post can be found here

[Priya]

While taking...

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Interview with Accessible Yoga Part 2: Early History of Yoga for Women accessible yoga bhakti dattātreyayogaśāstra lalleshwari tantra women and yoga yoga history yoginī Nov 12, 2018

 

Part 2/4 of Seth Powell's interview with Patrice Priya Wagner from Accessible Yoga. Reposted with permission. The original post can be found here

[Priya]

While taking an online course “An Introduction to the History and Philosophy of Yoga” with Seth Powell, I...

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Interview with Accessible Yoga Part 1: Early History of Yoga for People with Disabilities accessible yoga caurangi nāth gomateśvara haṭha yoga interview matsyendranāth nāth yogis rāja yoga yoga history Oct 29, 2018

 "Ascetics Performing Tapas," South India c. 1820, Opaque watercolor on paper, 23.5 x 29 cm., The British Museum.

 

Part 1/4 of Seth Powell's interview with Patrice Priya Wagner from Accessible Yoga. Reposted with permission. The original post can be found here

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