James Dylan Russell

Email: qsvv2656@leeds.ac.uk
Thesis title: Ṣaṭkarma - Remedial Action and Purification in Haṭhayoga
Supervisor: Dr Mikel Burley, Professor Emma Tomalin

Profile

I am a full-time postgraduate distance researcher in the School of Philosophy, Religion, and History of Science. My PhD research examines intersections between traditional Indian medicine and yoga in the evolution of self-healing and purificatory methods that developed within haṭhayoga from the fifteenth century onwards.

During my Master’s degree at SOAS, University of London, I focused on yoga history and Sanskrit. My MA dissertation presents new insights into the Indo-Persian martial origins of Sūryanamaskār.

Research interests

South Asian Studies, Hindu Studies, Yoga History, Traditions of Yoga and Meditation, Haṭhayoga, Modern Yoga, Indian Medicine, Medical Anthropology, Sanskrit Texts, Buddhism, Jainism.

Qualifications

MA Traditions of Yoga and Meditation, SOAS, University of London