It can seem as though the word “yoga” has become synonymous with contortionist poses, usually performed by fit, nondisabled, white bodies in utopian locales — but that is far from the full picture of ...

‘Bhakti’ is a simple Sanskrit term that means devotion or love towards God or a higher power people believe in. Bhakti is about having a deep, loving connection and devotion to something sacred. When ...

Tracing the roots back to the ancient scriptures of Vedic literature, if not older, bhakti, a religio-psychological phenomenon, has always been an important core of the social and spiritual life of ...

A painting depicting Bhakti poet Ravidas at work as a shoemaker. | Collection Danielle Porret, Museum Rietberg. In the book Speaking of Shiva, AK Ramanujan writes about the Virashaiva poets – 11th and ...