"The Yoga Police Are Real": Recent Reforms in the Institutionalization of Yoga Teaching

The development of modern yoga has inevitably involved the development of diverse forms of institutionalized authority. Recent years have seen increasing criticism by yoga teachers of Yoga Alliance and similar, more localized bodies that accredit the teaching of contemporary yoga in national and tra...

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Subtitles:"Special Issue: Yoga Darśana, Yoga Sādhana: Methods, Migrations, Mediations"
Main Author: Wildcroft, Theodora (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox 2024
In: Religions of South Asia
Year: 2024, Volume: 18, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 215-238
Further subjects:B precariat
B Education
B Institutionalization
B unionization
B Yoga
B Modern Yoga
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