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HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM
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Syman, Stefanie.
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Yoga.
Leisure -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Big business -- United States.
United States -- Religion.
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The subtle body : th...
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The subtle body : the story of yoga in America / Stefanie Syman.
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Syman, Stefanie.
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010.
Subjects
Yoga.
Leisure -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Big business -- United States.
United States -- Religion.
ISBN:
9780374236762 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0374236763 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Description:
390 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Edition:
1st ed.
Contents:
Brahma? -- Thoreau's experiment -- The guru arrives -- Swami Vivekananda's legacy -- The making of an American guru -- Theos Bernard's spiritual heroism -- Margaret Woodrow Wilson "turns Hindu" -- Uncovering reality in Hollywood -- Hatha yoga on Sunset Boulevard -- Psychedelic sages -- How to be a guru without really trying -- Marshmallow yoga -- The new penitents.
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In "The Subtle Body," Stefanie Syman tells the surprising story of yoga's transformation from a centuries-old spiritual discipline to a multibillion-dollar American industry.
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Hawaii State Library
Social Science & Philosophy
204.36097 Sy
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