Program

15:30 - 15:50 (20min)

The Haṭhapradīpikā: insights into Svātmārāma's methods and purpose made possible by the new edition

James Mallinson (University of Oxford)

15:50 - 16:10 (20min)

Development of the various recensions of the Haṭhapradīpikā

Mitsuyo Demoto (Philipps University of Marburg)

16:10 - 16:30 (20min)

Algorithms and Philology in Dialogue: Reconstructing the Haṭhapradīpikā

Nils Jacob Liersch (Philipps University of Marburg)

16:30 - 16:50 (20min)

The Weltanschauung of Yoga (yogadarśana). Between Self-Improvement and Natural Perfection.

Jürgen Hanneder (Philipps University of Marburg)

16:50 - 17:10 (20min)

The Haṭhapradīpikā's Legacy in the Early Modern Period

Jason Birch (University of Alberta)

15:30 - 16:00 (30min)

Doubling-Down and De-Branding: Sustaining Kundalini Yoga After Revelations of Abuse

Philip Deslippe (University of California-Santa Barbara)

16:00 - 16:30 (30min)

Spiritual Abuse and Sexualised Violence in Modern Transnational Yoga: Crossing the Boundaries of Knowing and Believing

Jens Augspurger (SOAS, University of London)

16:30 - 17:00 (30min)

Grassroots Organising against a Perpetrator: A Case Study

Amelia Wood (SOAS, University of London)

17:00 - 17:30 (30min)

Educational reform, does it work? Ten years since the Australian Royal Commission.

Jacqueline Hargreaves (SOAS, Centre of Yoga Studies)

15:30 - 15:50 (20min)

The Origins of Tantra in Europe: Constructed Authority, Claimed Authenticity and Creative Adaptation

Tova Olsson (Umeå University)

15:50 - 16:10 (20min)

Netī - Ancient Remedy or Modern Health Trend?

James Russell (University of Leeds)

16:10 - 16:30 (20min)

Rethinking the Practicing Body: Ethnographic Insights from Situated Iyengar Yoga Practice in Japan

Endo Satoko (University of Tokyo)

16:30 - 16:50 (20min)

RETHINKING CARE THROUGH YOGA : Yogatherapy & Mindfulness between Authenticity, Authority, and Adaptation in Switzerland

Valentina Salonna (Lausanne University Hospital)

16:50 - 17:10 (20min)

Do you believe me because I look like this?

Firdose Moonda (Independent Scholar)

15:30 - 16:00 (30min)

Yoga teachers' authority: knowledge, power, and professional dynamics

Clément Petitjean (Université Paris I-Panthéon-Sorbonne, CRIDUP)

16:00 - 16:30 (30min)

What Working in the Wellness Industry Means: The Example of Yoga Teachers in France

Pierre Bataille (Université Grenoble-Alpes)

16:30 - 17:00 (30min)

Teaching yoga outside cities: profiles, backgrounds, and social predispositions

Clément Cézarine (Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1)

17:00 - 17:30 (30min)

Yoga and fame on Instagram: the example of influencers

Eléonore Affre-Garcia (Université Toulouse III)