Table of Contents

Introduction; Part I: The Prehistory of Modern Yoga; 1. Roots of Modern Yoga; 2. The religious foundations of Modern Yoga; 3. Vivekananda and the emergence of Neo-Vedantic occultism; 4. "God-realisation" and "Self-realisation" in Neo-Vedanta; Part II: Modern Yoga Theory and Practice; 5. Vivekananda's Raja-Yoga (1896): Modern Yoga formulated; 6. 20th century developments of Modern Yoga; 7. Theory and practice of lyengar Yoga; 8. Conclusion: Modern Postural Yoga as healing ritual of secular religion