Philip Deslippe

Philip Deslippe is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. In addition to several articles in academic journals, his work has appeared in Yoga Journal, Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, Air & Space Smithsonian, and the Indian news site Scroll.

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Yoga's Long Introduction into America Began With an Indian Monk
19th Century

Yoga Landed in the U.S. Way Earlier Than You’d Think—And Fitness Was Not the Point

Over a century ago, a Hindu monk named Swami Vivekananda spoke about yoga to a crowd in Chicago. In the decades since, it has gone from unknown to mainstream.