Rollins College Rollins Scholarship Online Master of Liberal Studies Theses Spring 2014 America the Yogiful: Insights Into American Yoga Culture Today Carolina Castaneda
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[email protected]. 1 America the Yogiful: Insights into American Yoga Culture Today A Project Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Liberal Studies by Carolina Castaneda May 2014 Mentor: Dr. Rachel Newcomb Reader: Dr. Kathryn Norsworthy Rollins College Hamilton Holt School Master of Liberal Studies Program Winter Park, Florida 2 Table of Contents Acknowledgements 3 Preface 5 Chapter One: My Yoga Story 8 Chapter Two: Yoga Defined 11 Chapter Three: Coming to America 19 Chapter Four: Yoga Today 29 Chapter Five: Ashram Life 39 Chapter Six: Money Under the Mat 50 Chapter Seven: The Yoga Litmus 60 Chapter Eight: Savasana 67 Works Cited 72 3 Acknowledgements This thesis is a labor of love and support I could not have completed alone.