# Is Modern Yoga “Real” Yoga?

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Podcast: [Deepen Your Yoga Practice](https://stenobird.com/podcast/deepen-your-yoga-practice-7000189)
Published: 2026-02-23T12:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

In this solo episode of Deepen Your Yoga Practice, Lauren Leduc explores five of the most commonly repeated myths about yoga history—and offers a clearer, more honest perspective in their place. Drawing inspiration from Doug Keller’s Yoga History course, Lauren dives into the real roots of yoga, from Vedic texts and Śramaṇa traditions to modern postural yoga. She explains how yoga evolved over centuries as a diverse family of practices—not a single, unchanging system—and how understanding its historical complexity deepens our personal and teaching practices. If you’ve ever wondered where yoga really comes from, or questioned how modern vinyasa fits into an ancient lineage, this episode will challenge, inspire, and expand your view. Sources Mark Singleton, Yoga Body: The Origins of Modern Posture Practice (OUP). James Mallinson & Mark Singleton, Roots of Yoga (primary sourcebook). Geoffrey Samuel, The Origins of Yoga and Tantra (Cambridge).

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