Post-lineage Yoga - From Guru to #MeToo - Theodora Wildcroft
4. Yoga Camp Life
Post-lineage Yoga - From Guru to #MeToo - Theodora Wildcroft
Theodora Wildcroft [+]
The Open University
Theo Wildcroft, PhD, is a teacher, trainer, writer, and scholar, whose research considers the democratization of yoga post-lineage, and the evolving practice of teaching yoga for community health. She is the author of Post-Lineage Yoga: From Guru to #MeToo and co-editor of The Yoga Teacher’s Survival Guide, an Associate Lecturer at the Open University, Visiting Lecturer at the University of Chester, and former Project Coordinator for the SOAS Centre of Yoga Studies.
Description
This book compares individual practice case studies, with field work at events where yoga teacher-practitioners alternate roles and inspire each other in unpredictable ways. Chapter 4 compares the cultural detail and ecology of three post-lineage yoga camps: Colourfest, Santosa and Sundara. • Moving together: common forms of practice • Creating space: inner and outer ecologies • Sharing devotion: negotiating lineage and belief • Offering service: building communities