YDYS Conference 2024

Dr James Mallinson - keynote presentation at YDYS 2024 (Photo by Corinna Lhoir)

This past week, we had the opportunity to be a part of the Yoga Darshana, Yoga Sadhana Research Conference in Hamburg, Germany. It was a fantastic few days of yoga scholarship and discussion in a variety of topics related to the histories and practices of yoga. 

Scott presented on the history, complexity and understandings of early prana and pranayama. He focused on the centuries before and after the turn of the common era.

​Ida presented on the history of women in yoga within early 20th century India. 

We had a lot of time to catch up with fellow researchers of yoga, including former classmates from SOAS University of London.

We also heard presentations by so many incredible scholars! One highlight was to hear from much of the team that was the Hatha Yoga Project: http://hyp.soas.ac.uk/.

---

with Jason Birch of https://www.theluminescent.org

The keynote presentation by James Mallinson will be available on Youtube. We will share it here when it's available. ​​​

​Massive thanks to Jason Birch for a copy of his new book! 

We heard from the organizers that the next conference will be in Paris or Zurich in 2026. The conference is open to the public so if you are interested in yoga scholarship, keep your eyes open for info on the next event. 

We'd like to thank the organizers and all our fellow presenters and attendees for making the conference a great event. 

We already look forward to 2026! 

​ 

---

YDYS 2024 - Hamburg, Germany (Photo by Corinna Lhoir)