Yoga body: the origins of modern posture practice

Introduction

A brief overview of yoga in the Indian tradition

Fakirs, yogins, Europeans

Popular portrayals of the yogin

India and the international physical culture movement

Modern Indian physical culture : degeneracy and experimentation

Yoga as physical culture I : strength and vigor

Yoga as physical culture II : harmonial gymnastics and esoteric dance

The medium and the message : visual reproduction and the āsana revival

T. Krishnamacharya and the Mysore āsana revival.