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Ian Baker is the author of several books on Himalayan and Tibetan religion and culture, including Tibetan Yoga: Principles and Practices, The Dalai Lamas Secret Temple: Tantric Wall Paintings from Tibet, and The Heart of the World: A Journey to Tibet’s Lost Paradise.
He received a Masters degree in English Literature from the University of Oxford, pursued further graduate studies in Buddhism and Medical Anthropology at Columbia University and University College London, and completed doctoral work in Medical Humanities at the University of Strathclyde, Scotland. He was lead curator for the 2015-16 London exhibition, ‘Tibet’s Secret Temple: Body, Mind and Meditation in Tantric Buddhism’ and was recognized by National Geographic Society as one of seven ‘Explorers for the Millennium’ for his fieldwork illuminating the Tibetan tradition of ‘hidden lands’ (beyul), idealized sites of yogic practice. His current research focuses on the contemporary interface of Indo-Tibetan yoga with art and science.
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Selected Publications:
- 2019. Tibetan Yoga: Principles and Practices. Inner Traditions.
- 2012. "Embodying Enlightenment: Physical Culture in Dzogchen as revealed in Tibet's Lukhang Murals." Asian Medicine 7 (2012): 225-264.
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2004. The Heart of the World: A Journey to the Last Secret. Introduction by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Penguin Press.
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2000. Celestial Gallery: Paintings by Romio Shrestha. Introduction by Deepak Chopra, afterword by Robert Thurman. Callaway.
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