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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Love, Robert, 1951-     Subjects     Bernard, Pierre Arnold, 1875-1955.     Hatha yoga -- United States -- History.     Yogis -- United States -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Love, Robert, 1951-       by title:      The Great Oom : the ...         MARC Display

The Great Oom : the improbable birth of yoga in America / Robert Love. by Love, Robert, 1951- New York : Viking, 2010. Subjects Bernard, Pierre Arnold, 1875-1955.   Hatha yoga -- United States -- History.   Yogis -- United States -- Biography. ISBN:  9780670021758 067002175X Description:  xii, 402 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Contents:  Preface -- Prologue: A man in love with beauty -- First son of a first son -- Kali Mudra -- Tantrik nights -- Downfall and disgrace -- "What is this man?" -- Yoga at large -- Partners -- Expansion -- For love and money -- The promised land -- Welcome to Nyack -- Interrogation -- Body and mind -- Enter Sir Paul -- Bach, baseball, and Buddha -- The Vanderbilt knot -- The show goes on -- Blue skies, big plans -- A leap of faith -- Good times, bad times -- Citizen Oom -- The message gets out -- Change in the air -- Running out of tricks -- The cosmic punch -- A Nazi in Nyack -- Family man -- Final days -- Epilogue: Genius or fraud? Requests:  0 Summary:  Chronicles the emergence of yoga in Jazz Age New York, tracing the contributions of instructor Pierre Bernard, who trained with an Indian master before introducing patrons to modern yogic principles from his profitable Hudson River ashram.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 294.34436 Lo Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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