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1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Note on Transliteration xiii
5. PROLOGUE: THE BRACELET 1
6. 1 SETTING UP: YOGA’S FLEXIBLE FORMS 3
7. 2 CONDUCTING MASS PRACTICE: INDIA’S VISION FOR YOGA 47
8. 3 ALIGNING BOTH HANDS: YOGA IN INDIAN FICTION 83
9. 4 ASSUMING CORPSE POSE: YOGA IN U.S. POPULAR CULTURE 113
10. 5 BENDING OVER BACKWARD: YOGA’S PRECARIOUS WORK 141
11. 6 FRAMING NEW PARTS: YOGA THROUGH DIASPORIC CRITIQUE 176
12. 7 LYING OUT: SPECTRAL YOGA 208
13. EPILOGUE: THE MOON 213
14. Notes 217
15. Bibliography 255
16. Index 281