Victor A. van Bijlert (ret.) was a lecturer in the Department of Beliefs and Practices, Faculty of Religion and Theology, at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The nineteenth-century Hindu modernity, it is argued, sought both individual flourishing and collective emancipation from Western domination. For the first time Hinduism began to be constructed as a religion […]
Ondanks mijn ervaringen met de Hindostaanse cultuur dacht ik dat yoga alleen bedoeld was voor mensen in Azië die zich uit het leven wilden terugtrekken om liever in een grot in de Himalaya’s te wonen. Ik dacht dat yoga onverenigbaar was met een Westerse levensstijl. [...]
As a Ph.D. candidate under Prof. Sharda Nandram, I heartily appreciate the beautiful connection with her. I believe it will create another vast stream in my life and my future yoga students. This story is about how I decided to dedicate my life to yoga and my spiritual journey. I was born to unique South […]
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