Iyengar Yoga for Women: A Practising Tradition in the Making

This article explores women-oriented Iyengar Yoga (IY) practices through a historical, textual and ethnographical analysis. These practices were inaugurated by the teachings of B. K. S. Iyengar and Geeta Iyengar and globally expanded by IY teachers. The research focuses on how these pioneering pract...

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Main Author: Wittich, Agi (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox 2017
In: Religions of South Asia
Year: 2017, Volume: 11, Issue: 2/3, Pages: 231-253
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Iyengar, B. K. S. 1918-2014 / Yoga / Practice / Woman
RelBib Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism
Further subjects:B Women
B Cultural Studies
B Tradition
B physical culture
B Gender Studies
B Yoga
B Qualitative Research
B Iyengar Yoga
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