The Self-Taught Yogis, Adult Education and the Wheel of Yoga
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| 1. | Title | Title of document | The Self-Taught Yogis, Adult Education and the Wheel of Yoga - Yoga in Britain |
| 2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | Suzanne Newcombe; Open University and Inform, LSE; United Kingdom |
| 3. | Subject | Discipline(s) | Religious Studies |
| 4. | Subject | Keyword(s) | yoga; yoga education; wellbeing; spirituality; Indian religions; popularity of yoga; spread of yoga; yoga correspondence course; Desmond Dunne; Wilfred Clarke; British Wheel of Yoga |
| 5. | Subject | Subject classification | yoga; Indian religions; spirituality |
| 6. | Description | Abstract | This chapter focuses further on the nature of autodidactic traditions of yoga in the early twentieth century including the role of physical culture journals such as Health & Strength, as well as the postal courses on Yogism offered by Desmond Dune from his ‘World Headquarters’ in Surrey. It goes on to consider the world of adult education in Britain and how the founder of the British Wheel of yoga, Wilfred Clark was a product of this tradition. Wilfred Clark went on to establish a network of self-educated yoga teachers prepared to popularize yoga in adult education venues across the country. Clark and early Wheel members argued that yoga should be taught primarily in philosophy departments, and should consist of philosophical lectures, breathing exercises, postures, meditation and relaxation. The yoga enthusiasts and practitioners of this environment formed distinctive (if often idiosyncratic) assumptions about the nature and purpose of yoga. |
| 7. | Publisher | Organizing agency, location | Equinox Publishing Ltd |
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| 9. | Date | (YYYY-MM-DD) | 01-Jun-2019 |
| 10. | Type | Status & genre | Peer-reviewed Article |
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| 12. | Format | File format | |
| 13. | Identifier | Uniform Resource Identifier | https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/33787 |
| 14. | Identifier | Digital Object Identifier | 10.1558/equinox.33787 |
| 15. | Source | Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) | Equinox eBooks Publishing; Yoga in Britain |
| 16. | Language | English=en | en |
| 18. | Coverage | Geo-spatial location, chronological period, research sample (gender, age, etc.) |
UK, 20th and 21st centuries |
| 19. | Rights | Copyright and permissions | Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |