Dr. Suzanne Newcombe
About the Author
Dr. Suzanne Newcombe is a Lecturer in Religious Studies at the Open University and a Research Fellow at Inform, based at King’s College London. She researches yoga and ayurveda from a sociological and social historical perspective. Her book Yoga in Britain: Stretching Spirituality and Educating Yogis” has recently been published by Equinox.
She is also a Research Fellow on a project funded by the European Research Council entitled ‘Medicine, Immortality and Moksha: Entangled Histories of Yoga, Ayurveda and Alchemy in South Asia’.
From Ayurveda to biomedicine: understanding the human body
Dr. Suzanne Newcombe What is a human body? This may seem a facetious question, but the answer will be very different according to which medical tradition you consult. Take Ayurveda, a traditional system of medical knowledge from India which has enjoyed a renaissance of popularity in the West since the 1980s – and is the subject of a new exhibition …
