{"product_id":"great-oom-the-improbable-birth-of-yoga-in-america","title":"Great Oom: The Improbable Birth of Yoga in America","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eGreat Oom: The Improbable Birth of Yoga in America\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eRobert Love\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780670021758\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eViking Adult\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2010\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e416\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eThe amazing story of how yoga came to America-and the charming rogue who made it possible \u003cbr\u003e In Jazz Age New York, there was no place hotter than the Clarkstown Country Club, where celebrities such as Leopold Stokowski mingled with Vanderbilts, Goodriches, and Great War spies. They came for the club's circuses and burlesques but especially for the lectures on the subject at the heart of the club's mission: yoga. Their guru was the notorious Pierre Bernard, who trained with an Indian master and instructed his wealthy followers in the asanas and the modern yogic lifestyle. \u003cbr\u003e Robert Love traces this American obsession from moonlit Tantric rituals in San Francisco to its arrival in New York, where Bernard's teachings were adopted by Wall Streeters and Gilded Age heiresses, who then bankrolled a luxurious ashram on the Hudson River-the first in the nation. Though today's practitioners know little of Bernard, they can thank his salesman's persistence for sustaining our interest in yoga despite generations of naysayers. \u003cbr\u003e In this surprising, sometimes comic story, Love uncovers the forgotten life and times of the colorful, enigmatic character who brought us hatha yoga. \"The Great Oom\" delves into the murky intersection of mysticism, money, and celebrity that gave rise to the creation of one of America's most popular practices and a fivebillion-dollar industry. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Viking Adult","offers":[{"title":"Great Oom: The Improbable Birth of Yoga in America | Robert Love | Hardcover | 9780670021758 | Used: Like New | American History 1702187","offer_id":48432848371864,"sku":"1702187","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/51W8mWuX4lL.jpg?v=1773354428","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/great-oom-the-improbable-birth-of-yoga-in-america","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}