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The Aryan Controversy

by Eric Shaw | Mar 8, 2020 | UNPOSTED ARTICLES

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Vedic Paradigms and Practices that Later Manifested in Yoga, Blog, January 2020

Vedic Paradigms and Practices that Later Manifested in Yoga, Blog, January 2020

by Eric Shaw | Jan 7, 2020 | Articles, Blog

The four Vedas (Rig Veda, Sama Veda, Yajur Veda and Atharva Veda, c. 1200 BCE) are the oldest books of the Indian traditions.  Though these compositions do not talk about yoga directly (that would come about 700 years later) they include many ideas and practices which...
Who Delivered Yoga to Your Door? The Lineages of Modern Yoga,Part II, Namaskar Magazine, October, 2019

Who Delivered Yoga to Your Door? The Lineages of Modern Yoga,Part II, Namaskar Magazine, October, 2019

by Eric Shaw | Dec 18, 2019 | Articles

By Eric Shaw In the July issue of Namaskar, I traced the lineages of Modern Postural Yoga (MPY) beginning with Swami Vivekananda’s work in the West beginning in 1893.  Not only is he the first figure of MPY, he’s also the first figure to burn-out–to follow this...
Bikram’s Strange Truths, Medium.com, November, 2019

Bikram’s Strange Truths, Medium.com, November, 2019

by Eric Shaw | Nov 22, 2019 | Articles, Blog

Two things inspired me to write about the controversial yoga superstar, Bikram Choudhury today: Three days ago, I found this historic pic of Bikram Choudhury (b. 1944) that I’d previously lost. (I collect archival yoga images.) Two days ago Netflix just came out with...
Yoga’s Roots:  Origins of the Sun and Moon Salutes–and Warrior Pose, Blog  October 2019

Yoga’s Roots: Origins of the Sun and Moon Salutes–and Warrior Pose, Blog October 2019

by Eric Shaw | Oct 14, 2019 | Articles, Blog

. As early as 1934, we get reports of the “Father of Modern Yoga,” Sri Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, demonstrating new dynamic vinyasas of his own design which incorporated the movement flow pattern of Surya Namaskar (the Sun Salutation). His vinyasas added...
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  • The Aryan Controversy March 8, 2020
  • Vedic Paradigms and Practices that Later Manifested in Yoga, Blog, January 2020 January 7, 2020
  • Who Delivered Yoga to Your Door? The Lineages of Modern Yoga,Part II, Namaskar Magazine, October, 2019 December 18, 2019
  • Bikram’s Strange Truths, Medium.com, November, 2019 November 22, 2019
  • Yoga’s Roots: Origins of the Sun and Moon Salutes–and Warrior Pose, Blog October 2019 October 14, 2019
  • Sun Salute King, ThriveGlobal.com, August, 2019 August 14, 2019
  • America’s First Yoga: The Fad of 1898, ThriveGlobal.com, August 2019, August 13, 2019
  • Who Delivered Yoga to Your Door? Part I, Namaskars Magazine, June 2019 June 21, 2019
  • Women in the Yoga Industry:  The First Flash, ThriveGlobal.com, May 2018 May 2, 2018
  • Sleep is the First Yoga: 19 Ways to Make it Work, Dallas Yoga Magazine, May 2017 November 12, 2017
  • The Unknown History of Mindful Science and an Exercise from the Old Days, MindfulScience.com, JUNE 2017 June 19, 2017
  • How to Spend a Day at the Very Large Array, THE GALLUP JOURNEY Magazine, APRIL 2017 April 28, 2017

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