Gurus of Modern Yoga explores the contributions of individual gurus to the formation of the practices and discourses of yoga today. Included are extensive considerations of the transnational tantric guru; the teachings of modern yoga’s best-known guru, T. Krishnamacharya, and those of his principal disciples; the place of technology, business, and politics in the work of global yoga gurus; and the role of science and medicine. As a whole, the book represents an extensive and diverse picture of the place of the guru, both past and present, in contemporary yoga practice.