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The Story of Yoga
- From Ancient India to the Modern West
- Narrated by: Bruce Mann
- Length: 18 hrs and 9 mins
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Summary
How did an ancient Indian spiritual discipline turn into a more than 20-billion-dollar-a-year mainstay of the global wellness industry? What happened along yoga's winding path from the caves and forests of the sages to the gyms, hospitals, and village halls of the modern West?
This comprehensive history sets yoga in its global cultural context for the first time. It leads us on a fascinating journey across the world, from arcane religious rituals and medieval body-magic, through muscular Christianity and the British Raj, to the Indian nationalist movement and the arrival of yoga in the 20th-century West. We discover how the practice reached its present-day ubiquity and how it became embedded in powerful social currents shaping the world's future, such as feminism, digital media, celebrity culture, the stress pandemic, and the quest for an authentic identity in the face of unprecedented change.
Shearer's revealing history boasts a colorful cast of characters past and present, who tell an engaging tale of scholars and scandal, science and spirit, wisdom and waywardness. This is the untold story of yoga, warts and all.
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- KM
- 26-01-21
Sounds like a computer!
I haven’t been able to listen to this as the reading sounds robotic! Lesson to listen to a clip before purchasing!
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- J M Welch
- 10-06-23
A good book ruined by the narration
There are some really interesting details in this book (and it might be a good read as a paper back) but it sounds like the author has used a computer to narrate his words. The pronunciation of Sanscrit and yoga terms and names is painful to listen to and the voice is so flat and monotonous that I have given up. If the author got a profesional narrator (or even a few different voices) this could be a really great insight into the teachings and history of yoga.
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- scotreview
- 30-04-24
Interesting
The content of the book is really interesting but the narrator is hard to listen to - monotone bordering on robotic.
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- Tout en chantant
- 25-11-21
Bruce Mann STOP ruining books please!
This review is a desperate attempt to draw people’s attention to the awful quality of this book’s narration. Unfortunately I have listened (or rather tried to listen…but had to give up) to other books narrated by Bruce Mann and they are all equally as dreadful: a robotic voice that monotonously regurgitates phrases as if without knowing what they mean, in a repetitive, shrill, insensitive way. Dear Mr Mann, I am sure you are good at many things but narration is not one of them!
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