48. Are the Teachers of Yoga Enlightened?
Yoga Studies in Five Minutes - Theodora Wildcroft
Amelia Wood [+]
Amelia Wood is a PhD candidate at SOAS, University of London researching spiritual abuse
in modern yoga. She received an MA from SOAS in the Traditions of Meditation and Yoga
during which she researched the roles and representations of women in pre-modern yoga.
Description
What it means to be enlightened – in the context of yoga – and the path to achieving such an accolade has varied over time, across philosophical and religious traditions and cultural contexts. Whether or not the teachers of yoga, in any context, are enlightened beings is questionable.