Listen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 361342 Title: History and Practices of Hatha Yoga with Dr James Mallinson Author: Dr. James Mallinson Narrator: Dr. James Mallinson Format: Unabridged Length: 04:00:02 Language: English Release date: 12-16-16 Publisher: Findaway Voices Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Health & Wellness, Hinduism, Fitness Summary: In this 5 lecture series Dr. James Mallinson takes a deeper look at the Hatha Yoga lineage. Hecovers many areas from thetexts to the practitioners, the philosophies to thepractices. James is one of theworlds foremost experts on Hatha Yoga. His work has uncovered some of the most recentfindings in the Hatha Yoga storymaking a major contribution to the interpretation of Yoga in the modernworld. This series is a fascinating look at theconnections which led the ancientworld of Yoga into the modern forms of practice today. 1: Prehistory of Hatha Yoga 2: Hatha Yoga textual traditions pre 15th century 3: Hatha Yoga textual traditions post 15th century 4: Practices of Hatha Yoga 5: Practitioners and purpose of Hatha Yoga James Mallinson is Senior Lecturer in Sanskrit and Classical Indian Studies at SOAS, University of London. Dr Mallinson has a BA in Sanskrit and Old Iranian from the University of Oxford (1991), an MA in South Asian Area Studies (with ethnography as its primary subject) from SOAS (1993) and a DPhil. from the University of Oxford (2001). His doctoral thesis was a critical edition of the Khecarvidy, an early text on haha yoga, and was supervised by Professor Alexis Sanderson. After completing his doctoral studies Dr Mallinson worked as a principal translator for the Clay Sanskrit Library, for which he produced five volumes of translations of Sanskrit poetry. He has also published translations of two haha yoga texts, the Gheraa Sahit (2004) and ivasahit (2007) forYogaVidya.com. In addition to these books Dr Mallinson has published numerous articles, book chapters and encyclopedia articles, all of which can be downloaded fromhttps://soas.academia.edu/JamesMallinson. In addition to his textual studies, Dr Mallinsons work on the history of yoga is informed by the several years he has spent living with traditional yogis in India. Contact: [email protected]

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