This episode's guest is Patrick McCartney, who is working on a post-doctoral project at the Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, titled “Yoga Scapes: The Economics of Imagination and Utopian Aspirations of Transglobal Yoga in Japan.”
Episode Summary
Background on Patrick, his work and what it involves :37
Exploring Global Yoga or Yogaland 3:05
Comparing and Contrasting Yoga in Japan with Global Yoga 5:59
Yoga’s Influence Throughout the World 8:25
Why do People do Yoga 10:10
Defining Global Yoga 11:17
Yoga and Politics 13:15
What’s behind the names of Yoga Postures 15:12
Yoga in the Age of Social Media 17:11
Debate on Music Copyrights 18:52
Discussion on Yoga Facebook Groups 20:09
The Promise of Yoga 23:54
Yoga as a way of Life 26:19
Commercialization of Yoga 26:52
Researching Yoga in Japan 29:27
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