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    The History and Practices of Hatha Yoga with Dr James Mallinson
    The History and Practices of Hatha Yoga with Dr James Mallinson
    The History and Practices of Hatha Yoga with Dr James Mallinson
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    The History and Practices of Hatha Yoga with Dr James Mallinson

    Written by Dr. James Mallinson

    Narrated by Dr. James Mallinson

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    In this 5 lecture series Dr. James Mallinson takes a deeper look at the Hatha Yoga lineage. He covers many areas from the texts to the practitioners, the philosophies to the practices. James is one of the world’s foremost experts on Hatha Yoga. His work has uncovered some of the most recent findings in the Hatha Yoga story making a major contribution to the interpretation of Yoga in the modern world. This series is a fascinating look at the connections which led the ancient world of Yoga into the modern forms of practice today.

    1: Prehistory of Hatha Yoga

    2: Hatha Yoga textual traditions pre 15th century

    3: Hatha Yoga textual traditions post 15th century

    4: Practices of Hatha Yoga

    5: Practitioners and purpose of Hatha Yoga

    James Mallinson is Senior Lecturer in Sanskrit and Classical Indian Studies at SOAS, University of London. Dr Mallinson has a BA in Sanskrit and Old Iranian from the University of Oxford (1991), an MA in South Asian Area Studies (with ethnography as its primary subject) from SOAS (1993) and a DPhil. from the University of Oxford (2001). His doctoral thesis was a critical edition of the Khecarīvidyā, an early text on haṭha yoga, and was supervised by Professor Alexis Sanderson. After completing his doctoral studies Dr Mallinson worked as a principal translator for the Clay Sanskrit Library, for which he produced five volumes of translations of Sanskrit poetry. He has also published translations of two haṭha yoga texts, the Gheraṇḍa Saṃhitā (2004) and Śivasaṃhitā (2007) for YogaVidya.com. In addition to these books Dr Mallinson has published numerous articles, book chapters and encyclopedia articles, all of which can be downloaded from https://soas.academia.edu/JamesMallinson. In addition to his textual studies, Dr Mallinson’s work on the history of yoga is informed by the several years he has spent living with traditional yogis in India.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWise Studies Audio
    Release dateDec 16, 2016
    ISBN9781987154542
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    • 5/5
      Excellent, in depth for an introduction, still accessible if you are familiar with basic yoga concepts/terminology. No nonsense!
    • 4/5
      Facts not fiction. Well, educated guesses! As an ex-student of Sanskrit and ex-practitioner of hatha yoga, very interesting.