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Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Biography of Indra Devi, a European woman who, over the course of her century-long life, helped introduce yoga to the U.S"--
When the woman who would become Indra Devi was born in Russia in 1899, yoga was virtually unknown outside of India. By the time of her death, in 2002, it was being practiced worldwide. Goldberg traces the life of the incredible woman who brought yoga to the West-- and in so doing paints a sweeping picture of the twentieth...
Author
Publisher
Sounds True
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Professor Richard Alpert's star fell fast. To the dismay of his wealthy Boston family, he got fired from Harvard over experimental use of psychedelics with his psychology students. In 1967, he traveled to India to lick his wounds and find himself. And he did, at Neem Karoli Baba's ashram, in a direct encounter with unconditional, unlimited divine love. He returned to America as Baba Ram Dass, countercultural activist for expanded human consciousness....
Author
Publisher
Llewellyn Publications
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Yoga Rising is a collection of personal essays meant to support your journey toward self-acceptance and self-love. This follow-up to the groundbreaking book Yoga and Body Image features 30 contributors who share stories of major turning points. Explore how body image and yoga intersect with race and ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, dis/ability, socioeconomic status, age, and size as part and parcel of culture and society. Collectively,...
Author
Publisher
Taschen
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"It's taken yoga several thousand years to make the journey from a handful of monasteries dotting the Himalayas to the yoga studios popping up everywhere. Whether bathing with holy men in the Ganges or joining the chorus of a thousand voices chanting 'om,' photographer Michael O'Neill decided to devote himself to experience and record the world of yoga at this critical juncture in its history. The result is a powerful photographic tribute to the age-old...
Author
Publisher
Harper Wave
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"In this meditative memoir--a compelling fusion of Barbarian Days and the journals of Thomas Merton--the author of Saltwater Buddha reflects on his "failing toward enlightenment," his continued search to find meaning and a greater understanding of the Divine in the worlds oceans as well as everyday life."--Amazon.com.
Publisher
Zeitgeist Video
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Richard Alpert, after being expelled from Harvard in 1963 for experimenting with LSD, morphed into Ram Dass, a serious and much loved spiritual leader, author and lecturer. This film visits Ram Dass in 2001 as he remakes his life since suffering a stroke five years ago. Balances fascinating, often hilarious footage from the hippie era with contemporary material and interviews with Ram Dass and his associates.
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