.jpg) Front cover of the first edition showing a class in Sarvangasana, shoulderstand | |
| Author | Suzanne Newcombe |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Yoga as exercise |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | Equinox Publishing |
Publication date | 2019 |
| Publication place | England |
| Pages | 324 (first edition) |
| ISBN | 978-1-781-79660-3 |
Yoga in Britain: stretching spirituality and educating Yogis is a 2019 book by Suzanne Newcombe on the history of modern yoga as exercise in Britain in the second half of the 20th century, especially in the period between 1945 and 1980. The book has been warmly received by scholars for its depth of study of the history and sociology of yoga in Britain, and its careful placing of its descriptions in specific contexts of time and place.