The subtle body
Subtitle: the story of yoga in America
By: Stefanie Syman.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 390
ISBN-13: 9780374236762
Subjects: Yoga; Leisure -- Economic aspects -- United States; Big business -- United States; United States -- Religion
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Brahma?; title: Thoreau's experiment; title: The guru arrives; title: Swami Vivekananda's legacy; title: The making of an American guru; title: Theos Bernard's spiritual heroism; title: Margaret Woodrow Wilson "turns Hindu"; title: Uncovering reality in Hollywood; title: Hatha yoga on Sunset Boulevard; title: Psychedelic sages; title: How to be a guru without really trying; title: Marshmallow yoga; title: The new penitents.