Yoga Traveling

1. Introduction: Transcultural Yoga(s). Analyzing a Traveling Subject
Beatrix Hauser

Part I. Reframing Yoga in the History of the Twentieth Century

2. Transnational Exchange and the Genesis of Modern Postural Yoga
Mark Singleton

3. Magic and Yoga: The Role of Subcultures in Transcultural Exchange
Suzanne Newcombe

4. The Impact of Kundalini Yoga on Concepts and Diagnostic Practice in Psychology and Psychotherapy
Liane Hofmann

Part II. Inconsistent Assessments: Meaning Production at the Local-Global Interface

5. Touching the Limits, Assessing Pain: On Language Performativity, Health, and Well-Being in Yoga Classes
Beatrix Hauser

6. The Useful Body: The Yogic Answer to Appearance Management in the Post-Fordist Workplace
Verena Schnäbele

7. The Introduction of Yoga in German Schools: A Case Study
Suzanne Augenstein

Part III. The Other Consumers: Values, Mobility, and Markets

8. Consuming Yoga, Conserving the Environment: Transcultural Discourses on Sustainable Living
Sarah Strauss, Laura Mandelbaum

9. The Social Life of Yoga: Exploring Transcultural Flows in India
Mimi Nichter

10. Yoga as a Production Site of Social and Human Capital: Transcultural Flows from a Cultural Economic Perspective
Anne Koch

Keywords: Social Sciences, Cultural Studies, Regional and Cultural Studies