27. Has Yoga Always been a Physical Practice?
Yoga Studies in Five Minutes - Theodora Wildcroft
Laura von Ostrowski [+]
Laura von Ostrowski received her PhD in Religious Studies in 2021. The book of her PhD thesis was published Open Access under the title "A Text in Motion" in 2022. Her areas of research include modern and contemporary yoga, the reception of the Yogasūtra, the history of German yoga and of the physical culture movement, contemporary religion, aesthetics, and embodiment. Since 2007, she works as a yoga teacher, runs her own yoga studio in the centre of Munich since 2018 and teaches the history of modern yoga at the German online education portal Yogastudien.
Description
The term yoga has not always been associated with physical practices but mainly with a state that arises as a result of certain practices. Yoga as a practical method has nevertheless always been using the body in one way or another, but with different intentions, motivations, and effects.