Bibliograph

The Great Oom, the improbable birth of yoga in America, Robert Love

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The Great Oom, the improbable birth of yoga in America, Robert Love

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [387]-392) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Great Oom

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

460935320

Responsibility statement

Robert Love

Sub title

the improbable birth of yoga in America

Summary

Chronicles the emergence of yoga in Jazz Age New York, tracing the contributions of instructor Pierre Bernard, who trained with an Indian master before introducing patrons to modern yogic principles from his profitable Hudson River ashram

Table Of Contents

Preface -- Prologue: A man in love with beauty -- First son of a first son -- Kali Mudra -- Tantrik nights -- Downfall and disgrace -- "What is this man?" -- Yoga at large -- Partners -- Expansion -- For love and money -- The promised land -- Welcome to Nyack -- Interrogation -- Body and mind -- Enter Sir Paul -- Bach, baseball, and Buddha -- The Vanderbilt knot -- The show goes on -- Blue skies, big plans -- A leap of faith -- Good times, bad times -- Citizen Oom -- The message gets out -- Change in the air -- Running out of tricks -- The cosmic punch -- A Nazi in Nyack -- Family man -- Final days -- Epilogue: Genius or fraud?

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