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‘Yoga Helps!?’ Problems between Efficacy and Legitimization (2024)
Journal Article
Augspurger, J. U. (2024). ‘Yoga Helps!?’ Problems between Efficacy and Legitimization. Religions of South Asia, 18(1-2), 169-189. https://doi.org/10.1558/rosa.25832

This paper explores the role of health discourse from yoga providers and biomedical research in popularising transglobal yoga and legitimizing claims about its health benefits. As contemporary yoga is more widely associated with physical and mental h... Read More about ‘Yoga Helps!?’ Problems between Efficacy and Legitimization.

‘Yoga Helps!?’ Problems between Efficacy and Legitimization (2024)
Journal Article
Augspurger, J. U. (2024). ‘Yoga Helps!?’ Problems between Efficacy and Legitimization. Religions of South Asia, 18(1-2), 169-189. https://doi.org/10.1558/rosa.25832

This paper explores the role of health discourse from yoga providers and biomedical research in popularising transglobal yoga and legitimizing claims about its health benefits. As contemporary yoga is more widely associated with physical and mental h... Read More about ‘Yoga Helps!?’ Problems between Efficacy and Legitimization.