Vivekananda's Yoga

Vivekananda spoke about it mainly as a philosophy of self improvement and often as dietary guidelines. His time in the United States marks, according to religious studies lecturer, Suzanne Nukem, a turning point in how Indian religiosity was understood outside of India. The profile of such teachings would be raised again by a wave of immigrants to the U.S., many of whom came to work dangerous jobs on railroads. Many progressive Americans started to view yoga, not as some sort of foreign magic, but as a physical exercise. And probably the biggest hiccup in like the road to yoga being seen as respectable is the life and career of an American named Pierre Arnold Bernard. He's