Yoga in Britain

Suzanne Newcombe is a Lecturer in Religious Studies at the Open University and a Research Fellow at Inform, a charity based at the London School of Economics. She researches yoga and ayurveda from a sociological and social historical perspective.

• Prologue: Rethinking Yoga 1. The Literary Elite: Booksellers and Publishers 2. The Self-Taught Yogis, Adult Education and the Wheel of Yoga 3. Charismatic Gurus in Adult Education 4. Middle Class Women Join Evening Classes 5. Yoga in Popular Music and the 'Counter Culture' (the 60s and 70s) 6. Yoga on the Telly 7. Yoga as Therapy 8. Diversity of Practice and Practitioners Postscript: Yoga in Britain after the 1980s

"Whether you are simply young, or a new student of yoga, or like me go back a long way, you will find this book fascinating. . . .This is a fascinating study and almost fully comprehensive. . . . It is impressively scholarly while being a good read." --Sullivan, Sally, dipika, Journal of Iyengar Yoga Maida Vale, No. 52, July 2020 "Yoga in Britain is an excellent account of a regional yoga tradition. It contributes to the rich and growing field of yoga studies . . . historians of yoga, physical culture, and twentieth century Britain will enjoy its depth and richness."--Crockford, Susannah, Ghent University "Yoga is becoming a serious topic for scholars, and this book is an important milestone in our understanding of yoga practice. . . . It is a rich, affectionate and detailed picture of British men and women looking for something - in northern cities and village halls; in the evenings and at precious free moments between other duties - and finding it in yoga." --Joanna Labon,Spectrum, Autumn 2019