A preliminary survey of modern yoga studies

Asian Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-19

  De Michelis, Elizabeth ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Modern denominational yoga; Modern meditational yoga; Modern neo Hindu yoga; Modern postural yoga; Modern psychosomatic yoga; Modern yoga; Yoga; Yoga studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548544310     PISSN: 1573420X     EISSN: 15734218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157342107X207182     Document Type: Article

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