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The Yogic Studies Podcast

43. Christopher Jain Miller | Embodying Translational Yoga episode / season 1

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In this episode we speak with Christopher Miller about his recent monograph, Embodying Transnational Yoga: Eating, Singing, and Breathing in Transformation (Routledge 2023) and his upcoming online course at Yogic Studies. We begin by discussing his academic background and how he first got into critical Yoga and later Jain Studies, his experiences as a practitioner of yoga in Santa Monica, California, and how he developed his dissertation project that would eventually become the book. We discuss the importance of shifting Modern Yoga Studies beyond the study of postural yoga, exploring his three book chapters which analyze the practices of eating (yogic diet), singing ( kīrtan ), and breathing (prāṇāyāma). We discuss the origins and history of the harmonium, how yoga intersects with food and pollution studies, and question what it means to practice prāṇāyāma in a heavily polluted Indian city. We conclude the conversation by previewing Miller's upcoming online course, YS 127 | Embodying Transnational Yoga. Speaker Bio Dr. Christopher Jain Miller is the co-founder, Vice President of Academic Affairs, and Professor of Jain and Yoga Studies at Arihanta Institute. Miller completed his PhD in the study of Religion at the University of California, Davis. He is a Visiting Researcher at the University of Zürich’s Asien-Orient-Institut and Visiting Professor at Claremont School of Theology where he co-developed and co-runs a remotely available Masters Degree Program focusing on Engaged Jain Studies. His current research focuses on Modern Yoga and Engaged Jainism. Christopher is the author of a number of articles and book chapters concerned with Jainism and the practice of modern yoga. He is the author of Embodying Transnational Yoga: Eating, Singing, and Breathing in Transformation (Routledge 2023) as well as co-editor of the volumes Engaged Jainism: Critical and Constructive Approaches to the Study of Jain Social Engagement (SUNY Forthcoming) and Beacons of Dharma: Spiritual Exemplars for the Modern Age (Lexington 2020). Links YS 127 | Embodying Transnational Yoga Arihanta Institute https://uzh.academia.edu/ChristopherMiller Embodying Transnational Yoga: Eating, Singing, and Breathing in Transformation (Routledge, 2023) -- use code ESA32 before Dec 31, 2023 to receive a 20% discount.

Season 1

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50. Anya Golovkova | rvidy, Tantra, and the Goddess

49. Daniela Bevilacqua | From Tapas to Modern Yoga

48. Brian Dana Akers | The Yoga Manifesto and the World of Yoga Publishing

47. Zo Slatoff | Yoga, Vednta, and Ashtanga Yoga

46. Kunsang | From Buddhist Nun to Tibetan Translator

45. Lucy May Constantini | Kalarippayarr: Martial Art of Kerala

YSP 45 Lucy May Constantini | Kaḷarippayaṟṟ˘: Martial Art of Kerala

44. Kate Hartmann | Pilgrimage and Buddhism

43. Christopher Jain Miller | Embodying Transnational Yoga

42. Samuel M. Grimes | Newar Buddhism, Nepal, and Yoga

41. Keith Edward Cant | The History of Theosophy and Yoga

YSP 41 Keith Edward Cantú | The History of Theosophy and Yoga

40. Caley Smith | The World of Vedic Sanskrit

39. Lubomr Ondraka | Yogic and Tantric Bodies

38. Carl Ernst | The History of Sufism and Yoga

37. James Mallinson | Datttreya's Discourse on Yoga

36. Philip Deslippe | Early American Yoga and the "Swami Circuit"

35. Arti Dhand | The Great Epic, Mahbhrata

34. Dagmar Wujastyk | Entangled Histories of Yoga, yurveda and Alchemy

33. Stuart Sarbacker | Agayoga: Eight Limbs of Yoga

32. Sravana Borkataky-Varma | Hijrs, Women, and Gender in kta Tantra

31. Rajiv Ranjan | On Teaching and Learning Hindi

30. Raj Balkaran | The Significance of the Devmhtmya

29. Varun Khanna | The Wisdom of the Upaniads

28. Keith Edward Cant | Esotericism, Bauls, and Sabhapati Swami

27. James Mallinson | The Source Texts of Haha Yoga

26. Adrin Muoz | The Study of Yoga in Latin America

25. Edwin Bryant | Bhakti Yoga and the Bhgavatapura

13. Raj Balkaran | Puras and Hindu Mythology

9. Jason Birch | Manuscript Hunting and the History of Medieval Yogas

10. Ian Baker | Tibetan Yoga, Hidden Lands, and Bringing Esoteric Teachings to Light

12. Ruth Westoby | Women and Gender in Yoga

16. Daniel Simpson | The Truth of Yoga

0. Seth Powell | Introducing the Yogic Studies Podcast

11. Philipp Maas | The Ptajalayogastra and its Textual History

15. Mark Singleton | Yoga Body, 10 Years Later

5. James Mallinson | The History and Practice of Haha Yoga

7. Karen OBrien-Kop | Ptajala Yoga, Yogcra Buddhism, and Re-Thinking the Category of "Classical Yoga"

8. Sravana Borkataky-Varma | kta Tantra, Female Practitioners, and Misperceptions of Tantra

1. Finnian Gerety | Vedic Ritual, O, and Early Yoga

4. Philip Deslippe | Making Sense of Yogi Bhajan's Kundalini Yoga

2. Daniela Bevilacqua | Hindu Asceticism and Haha Yoga

6. Ben Williams | aiva Tantra, Abhinavagupta, and the Tantric Sahdaya

14. Amanda Lucia | White Utopias, Yoga, and Transformational Festivals

3. Antonia Ruppel | On Teaching and Learning Sanskrit

20. Suzanne Newcombe + Karen O'Brien-Kop | Routledge Handbook of Yoga and Meditation Studies

23. Patton Burchett | Bhakti, Tantra, Yoga, and Sufism in North India

22. Kate Hartmann | Buddhism, Pilgrimage, and BSO

24. Jvala Singh | The History of Sikhi and Yoga

21. Philipp Maas | What is Skhya Philosophy?

18. Jacqueline Hargreaves | The Luminescent and Embodied Philology

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