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Yoga Breath

Yoga Breath Pra?a and Pra?ayama in Early Modern Yoga - Wiener Forum Für Theologie Und Religionswissenschaft

1st Edition 2025th edition

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Publisher's Synopsis

A central practice of both premodern and modern yoga, pranayama ("breath control") is practised in yoga classes worldwide. Like the notion of prana ("breath", "vitality"), pranayama has a longstanding history in South Asia, constituting the fourth limb of Patanjali's yoga. Since roughly 1850, prana and pranayama have been reinterpreted in light of the ideas of Hindu reform movements, nineteenth-century occultism, science, biomedicine, and transnational hygiene. In this book, Magdalena Kraler traces the history of yogic breath cultivation between 1850 and 1945 for the first time. She reconstructs how prana assumed a central role in the cosmological frameworks of modern yoga and how pranayama came to be understood as a form of self-cultivation. Engaging one of modern yoga's key practices, this book not only offers a thorough academic analysis, but also responds to a growing worldwide interest in breath cultivation.

About the Publisher

Brill

Founded in 1683, Brill is a publishing house with a rich history and a strong international focus. The company's head office is in Leiden, (The Netherlands) with a branch office in Boston, Massachusetts (USA). Brill's publications focus on the Humanities and Social Sciences, International Law and selected areas in the Sciences.

Book information

ISBN: 9783847117469
Publisher: V&R unipress
Imprint: Brill
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Edition: 1st Edition 2025th edition
Language: English
Number of pages: 447
Weight: 774g
Height: 236mm
Width: 163mm
Spine width: 34mm