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Michael O'Neill. On Yoga: The Architecture of Peace (Hardcover)
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Michael O'Neill. On Yoga: The Architecture of Peace (Hardcover)
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It's taken yoga several thousand years to journey from a handful of
monasteries dotting the Himalayas to the myriad studios of London,
Lower Manhattan, and beyond. Whether bathing with holy men in the
Ganges or joining the chorus of a thousand voices chanting "om,"
photographer Michael O'Neill decided to devote himself to
experiencing and recording the world of yoga at this critical
juncture in its history. The result is a powerful photographic
tribute to the age-old discipline turned global phenomenon, with
over 250 million practitioners united in physical, spiritual, and
mindful practice worldwide. Famous for his photographs of the
famous, O'Neill first set out to make portraits of the most
influential yogis of our time-B. K. S. Iyengar, Shri K. Pattabhi
Jois, T. K. V. Desikachar, Rodney Yee, Colleen Saidman, Gurmukh
Kaur Khalsa-as well as those famed for integrating yoga into their
high-profile lives, such as Donna Karan, Sting, and Trudie Styler.
It was a chance to honor the masters and unite his lifelong passion
for photography with a newfound love for yoga and meditation. But
as his practice deepened, so did his drive to look past the
personalities and the poses to document the roots of yoga. Over ten
years O'Neill trekked beyond the traditional epicenters to meditate
with monks in the Tibetan Plateau, live with sadhus in their tents
at the Kumbh Mela, and marvel at the boys who practice the little
known discipline of Mallakhamba at the wrestling grounds in Kochi.
Says O'Neill: "All I wanted to do was to pay homage to yoga's
classical lineage and understand this unique moment before it slips
away." Now brought together for the first time, this extraordinary
body of work tells the story of yoga as it's never been told
before, with nearly 200 photographs, most of which have never been
seen. Two of O'Neill's most important subjects, meditation master
His Holiness Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji and Ashtanga guru Eddie
Stern, join the conversation with their essays on the role of yoga
in contemporary culture, the history of the practice from the time
of Patanjali, and the healing power of what Michael O'Neill calls
"the architecture of peace . . . a series of postures that bring
the practitioner closer to touching the infinite."
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