A scholar of yoga and meditation explains how yoga is part of humanity’s global heritage and what can be learned from its long and complex global history.
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Two women were largely responsible for popularising yoga in Britain in the 1960s.
Part of yoga’s appeal is that it is seen as a mystical, ancient tradition. The truth is, the practice of yoga today is profoundly different from those ancient ways.
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Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences, Penn State
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Suzanne Newcombe is a Friend of The Conversation.
Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies, The Open University
