Films & Podcasts

Talks, lectures and interviews by the project team, and the project’s own films.

The Haṭha Yoga Project

The Haṭha Yoga Project: SymposiumSOAS University of LondonThe Haṭha Yoga Project at the British MuseumDr Jason Birch

Roots of Yoga

James Mallinson and Mark Singleton in ConversationThe New York Society LibraryRoots of Yoga at the Jaipur Literature Festival (excerpts)Jaipur Literature FestivalRoots of YogalectureThe Reading of Roots of Haṭha YogaERCcOMICS

James Mallinson

From Tapas to Hard Yoga: The History of the Āsanas of Haṭha YogaSmithsonian MuseumTantra’s Influence on YogaThe British MuseumHaṭha Yoga: An Illustrated HistoryLoyola Marymount UniversityTantric Traditions and HaṭhayogaBrown UniversityA Very Brief History of YogaBalliol College, OxfordHaṭhayoga’s Tantric Buddhist RootsELTE, BudapestThe Ascetic Roots of YogaadvayaThe History and Practices of Haṭha YogaWise StudiesAlchemy Reader: Untangling TraditionsAyurYogThe Origins of YogaThe Know ShowHaṭha Yoga TraditionsSomatic Primer PodcastHaṭha Yoga Project InterviewYogaLite

Jason Birch

The Amaraugha: The Genesis of Haṭha and RājayogaSOAS Centre of Yoga StudiesĀsanas of the Yogacintāmaṇi & The Dattātreyayogaśāstra (with James Mallinson)SOAS Centre of Yoga StudiesThe Dawn of Physical Yoga (with Giacomella Orofino)SOAS Centre of Yoga StudiesYoga on the Eve of ColonialismEmbodied PhilosophyThe Lineage of ImmortalsEmbodied PhilosophyThe Amaraughaprabodha: Haṭha and Rāja YogaBuddhist YogaHow Does the Practice of Physical Yoga Result in Liberation?university lectureThe Complex Āsanas of MohanadāsYoga VidyaThe Haṭhapradīpikā, Part 2Keen on YogaManuscript Hunting and the History of Medieval YogasYogic Studies Podcast

Mark Singleton

Yoga As We Know It: The Development of the Physical Practices of YogaadvayaYoga Body, 10 Years LaterYogic Studies PodcastOn Yoga BodyEmbodied PhilosophyLecture at Brown UniversityBrown UniversityVivekananda, Ling, Reich: Confluences of Modern Posture PracticeWise Studies

Daniela Bevilacqua

Yoga and Tapasyā in the Ascetic WorldSOAS Centre of Yoga StudiesHindu Asceticism and Haṭha YogaYogic Studies PodcastSādhus and SiddhisKeen on YogaHaṭha Yoga Project InterviewKeen on YogaHaṭha Yoga Project InterviewYogaLite

Further Viewing

A History of Yoga: Latest Research and ScholarshipYogacampusYoga and the Traditional Physical Practices of South Asia (workshop)SOASElements and ChakrasHeather Elton

More recordings on the SOAS Centre of Yoga Studies YouTube channel.