An article in Elephant Journal notes Love’s book as one of many in 2010 that explores the history of Modern Yoga.

Then BOOM. Suddenly, last year, three books on the subject appeared: Robert Love’s The Great Oom, Stephanie Syman’s The Subtle Body, and Philip Goldberg’s American Veda. These meticulously researched, highly informative histories cover similar historical terrain, but without too much overlap. Together, they offer an incredible new resource for those interested in tracking the on-the-ground evolution of American yoga.

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In the wide wide world of yoga things can sometimes be very strange indeed.

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