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The Ancient Yoga Strap: A Brief History of the Yogapaṭṭa art history haṭha yoga yoga history yogapaṭṭa Āsana Jun 16, 2018

Guest blogpost for The Luminescent. Original post can be found here: http://www.theluminescent.org/2018/06/the-ancient-yoga-strap-yogapatta.html

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This article will provide a small window onto the longue duree of the yogapatta, or “yoga...

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Podcast Interview with The Humboldt Lighthouse academia interview podcast the humboldt lighthouse yoga studies May 14, 2018

In Seth's first-ever Podcast interview, he sits down with Nate Hanks at The Humboldt Lighthouse. Recorded live in McKinleyville, California. In this conversation, Seth and Nate discuss Seth’s journey into yoga and academia, yoga philosophy and meditation practice, the ...

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New Publication on the History of Āsana: "Etched in Stone" art history hampi haṭha yoga nāth yogis publication sculptures vijayanagara yoga history Āsana May 01, 2018

My article, "Etched in Stone: Sixteenth-century Visual and Material Evidence of Śaiva Ascetics and Yogis in Complex Non-seated Āsanas at Vijayanagara" has been published in the inaugural issue of the new peer-reviewed Journal of Yoga Studies (JoYS).

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Interview with Impossible Yoga impossible yoga interview italian yoga history Jan 24, 2018

Online interview with Benedetta Panisson at Impossible Yoga. Bilingual transcript available in Italian and English.

http://www.impossibleyoga.com/2018/01/24/seth-powell-yogic-studies/

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Advice on Āsana in the Śivayogapradīpikā haṭha yoga the luminescent Āsana Śivayogapradīpikā Jun 30, 2017

Guest blogpost for The Luminescent.

Original post can be found here: http://theluminescent.blogspot.ca/2017/06/advice-on-asana-in-sivayogapradipika.html 

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"The Śivayogapradīpikā (c. 15th century), or “Lamp on Śiva’s Yoga” is an...

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Haṭha Yoga Project Promo Video academia haṭha yoga project london soas video yoga studies Jun 30, 2017

In September 2016 a workshop for twenty scholars working on critical editions of Sanskrit texts on yoga was held at SOAS and All Souls, Oxford.

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The Haṭha Yoga Project (HYP) is a five-year (2015-2020) research project funded by the European...

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