Conversations at The Lake Merritt

Art History Lecture Series: Yoga: The Art of Transformation Yoga: The Art of Transformation explores yoga?s goals; its Hindu as well as Buddhist, Jain, and Sufi manifestations; its means of transforming body and consciousness; and its profound philosophical foundation. The exhibit includes more than 120 works dating from the third to the early twentieth century; temple sculptures, devotional icons, illustrated manuscripts, and court paintings?as well as colonial and early modern photographs, books, and films?illuminate yoga?s central tenets and its obscured histories.