{"product_id":"is-this-yoga-concepts-histories-and-the-complexities-of-modern-practice-paperback","title":"Is This Yoga?: Concepts, Histories, and the Complexities of Modern Practice - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnya Foxen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eChrista Kuberry\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book provides a rigorously researched, critically comparative introduction to yoga. \u003ci\u003eIs This\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eYoga? Concepts, Histories, and the Complexities of Contemporary Practice \u003c\/i\u003erecognizes the importance of contemporary understandings of yoga and, at the same time, provides historical context and complexity to modern and pre-modern definitions of yogic ideas and practices. Approaching yoga as a vast web of concepts, traditions, social interests, and embodied practices, it raises questions of knowledge, identity, and power across time and space, including the dynamics of \"East\" and \"West.\" The text is divided into three main sections: thematic concepts; histories; and topics in modern practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis accessible guide is essential reading for undergraduate students approaching the topic for the first time, as well as yoga teachers, teacher training programs, casual and devoted practitioners, and interested non-practitioners. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnya Foxen\u003c\/strong\u003e is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Women's and Gender Studies at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, USA. She is a yoga teacher and long-time practitioner. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChri\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003esta Kuberry\u003c\/strong\u003e is a yoga teacher, yoga student, and yoga scholar. She is the Vice President of Standards at Yoga Alliance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9.2 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47578832371933,"sku":"9781138390072","price":96.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/Idue1VZ6mU9781138390072.webp?v=1773513180","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/is-this-yoga-concepts-histories-and-the-complexities-of-modern-practice-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}