‘Yoga’ has been variously understood as a search to separate the spirit from bodily matter, as a quest to unite with the divine, as a tool to strengthen the nation, as a means of magic, and as a form of military training. Although many of the postures, breath practices and meditations have their roots in classical and medieval Indian texts, the very meaning of ‘yoga’ has varied widely across texts and periods.
Yoga in India has never represented an unbroken historical tradition. A brief look at the history of yoga may help to explain why this industry has not had a straightforward development in India. This paradox emerges, in part, because the practice known as ‘yoga’ around the world is a modern invention of the globalised and capitalist 20th century. Yet, ironically, the one country where yoga does not yet thrive commercially is the very place from which yoga is thought to originate: India. 39.In the past decade the worldwide yoga industry has become a multi-billion-dollar business. 9780091899233 Yoga School Dropout 39.8000 NZD InStock /shop/books/non-fiction /shop/books /shop/books/non-fiction/travel /shop/books/non-fiction/travel/travel-writing 'A hilarious, hopeless and desperate quest' Chris Stewart, author of Driving Over LemonsĪ divine comedy of the Western obsession with life's deeper meaning, a yogic experiment and a love letter to India, this is a very funny book from a wonderful travel writer. Would she come home looking like Christy Turlington and pick up some Buddhist serenity on the way? Or did something much funnier, interesting and complicated happen? Did she fall in love - with a place and its people?Ī divine comedy of the Western obsession with life's deeper meaning, a yogic experiment and a love letter to India, this is a very funny book from a wonderful travel writer. 'A hilarious, hopeless and desperate quest' Chris Stewart, author of Driving Over LemonsĪfter over a decade spent working and drinking too much in the world of advertising, Lucy decided she had to leave town for an altogether more spiritual and, well, meaningful way of life - And whilst she was at it, she could acquire a newly lithe and supple body.
Lucy Edge tells the story of her personal quest for serenity and yogic flexibility through the ashrams and gurus of India.Īfter over a decade spent working and drinking too much in the world of advertising, Lucy decided she had to leave town for an altogether more spiritual and, well, meaningful way of life - And whilst she wa. 'A hilarious, hopeless and desperate quest' Chris Stewart, author of Driving Over LemonsĪ sharply funny travelogue from a fantastic travel writer.
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