Title: The subtle body : the story of yoga in America /
Authors: Syman, Stefanie.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Yoga; Leisure Economic aspects United States.; Big business United States; United States Religion.
Abstract: 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.
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.