The Luminescent

Śaiva-Buddhist Encounters in Medieval India, edited by Lucas den Boer and Florinda De Simini, brings together contributions from leading scholars exploring the interactions between these two traditions in medieval South Asia.

You can download your free open-access copy via this link:

http://www.fedoabooks.unina.it/index.php/fedoapress/catalog/book/800

The YDYS 2026 conference has come to an end. We have participated in and experienced the most amazing week of academic scholarship on yoga.

Lectures, round table discussions, exhibitions, embodied practices… the programme was full and engaging.

I was wearing many hats so here are a few behind-the-scenes photos. It was a true privilege to contribute toward such an important interdisciplinary scientific study of yoga.

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First panel done! 🙌🏽✨ fantastic discussion with these fine scholars

Opportunity to attend online.

In the flesh…. tactile, glossy, and with physical presence.

The JoYS Editors are thrilled to have a publication stand at the YDYS 2026 conference in Paris that will launch 🚀 the journal into the physical realm.

All six volumes in print — stay tuned for details ✨✨✨

YDYS 2026 Paris

The 4th International Yoga Darśana Yoga Sādhana conference will take place in Paris from 27th–29th May 2026. The event is being organized in collaboration with the Center for South Asian and Himalayan Studies (CESAH) at the School for Advanced Social Sciences (EHESS - École de hautes études en sciences sociales) in Paris.

The full conference programme is available via the official website here:

https://ydys2026.sciencesconf.org

If you are in Paris, it is possible to attend in person by registering here:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVDE_FCsV8gaZ30gdgvpMKWQ_i9sCYNWKqYk829C0t-8VeHA/viewform

The SOAS Centre of Yoga Studies is delighted to support these proceedings by offering webinars, live from Paris, of the three keynote speakers.

Dominic Goodall (EFEO) will commence the proceedings with a presentation of the earliest concepts of Kuṇḍalinī found in the seventh-century Śaivasiddhānta scriptures. Mark Singleton will launch his latest book entitled, Yoga Machine: Technology, Transhumanism and Transcendence. On the final day of the conference, Sunila Kale and Christian Novetzke will elaborate on their yoga and power thesis with a talk entitled, Sovereignty, Boycott and Struggle: The Three Registers of Political Yoga.

Join the webinars live from Paris:

https://yso.soas.ac.uk/product/ydys-paris-2026-live-stream-of-the-keynote-speakers/

The vibrant scholar community of the . It was a pleasure to meet with such inspiring colleagues .thaler 🙏🏽✨💕

“Did Sufis Steal Āsanas From Yogis? Intertextuality in Medieval Sanskrit, Persian and Hindi Yoga and Svarodaya Works”:

Tomorrow at 17:30 p.m, Jason Birch will give a lecture in the Seminar Room 1 of the Institute of South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies, University of Vienna (University Campus, Spitalgasse 2, Entrance 2.7).

His talk will present research on textual parallels between the Baḥr al-Ḥayāt and several Sanskrit and Hindi works on yoga, which indicate that the yogic practices rendered into Persian were originally taught in Svarodaya traditions (the art of pneumancy) and were later attributed to Mohan of Mewar, a disciple of Dādū, the founder of the Dādūpanth.

More about this event on our website: https://stb.univie.ac.at/news-events/detail/news/did-sufis-steal-asanas-from-yogis-intertextuality-in-medieval-sanskrit-persian-and-hindi-yoga-and/

Tomorrow at the ISTB University of Vienna.

"Did Sufis Steal Āsanas From Yogis? Intertextuality in Medieval Sanskrit, Persian and Hindi Yoga and Svarodaya Works":

Tomorrow, at 17:30 p.m Jason Birch will give a lecture in the Seminar room 1 of the Institute of South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies (University Campus, Spitalgasse 2, Entrance 2.7).

His talk will present research on textual parallels between the Baḥr al-Ḥayāt and several Sanskrit and Hindi works on yoga, which indicate that the yogic practices rendered into Persian were originally taught in Svarodaya traditions (the art of pneumancy) and were later attributed to Mohan of Mewar, a disciple of Dādū, the founder of the Dādūpanth. More about this event on our website: https://stb.univie.ac.at/news-events/detail/news/did-sufis-steal-asanas-from-yogis-intertextuality-in-medieval-sanskrit-persian-and-hindi-yoga-and/

The wonderful research students of the EHESS in Marseille, under the supervision of Prof. Fabrizio Speziale, and visiting colleague, Prof. Jason Birch.