The culture of yoga retreats, active followers and peripheral associates of new religious movements: wellness enterprises promoting well-being

This paper examines the wellness effects of yoga retreats on Indian guru-led new religious movements’ (NRMs) fellowship. The two-year repeated-measures study included 3658 active followers and 3658 peripheral associates as the comparison group. Two measures assessed wellness: the Flourishing Scale (...

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Main Author: Pandya, Samta (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis 2018
In: Mental health, religion & culture
Year: 2018, Volume: 21, Issue: 5, Pages: 443-457
Further subjects:B Yoga retreats
B thriving
B New Religious Movements
B active followers
B Flourishing
B peripheral associates
B Wellness
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