The Luminescent

05/10/2026

Nirāmayatā: Healing and Wellbeing in South Asian Texts and Practices

A gathering of Indian and international experts on Ayurveda, Yoga, Sowa Rigpa, Siddha and Unani Tibb, who will trace the development of healing systems in India, the diffusion of these ideas and techniques across Asia, their adaption to regional ecologies, and their significance for biomedical sciences and for public health today.

Tuesday, 06 October 2026 at 09:30 hrs — Wednesday, 07 October 2026 at 18:00 hrs

Details:

https://iicdelhi.in/programmes/niramayata-healing-and-wellbeing-south-asian-texts-and-practices

05/10/2026

Nirāmayatā: Healing and Wellbeing in South Asian Texts and Practices | India International Centre

A gathering of Indian and international experts on Ayurveda, Yoga, Sowa Rigpa, Siddha and Unani Tibb, who will trace the development of healing systems in India, the diffusion of these ideas and techniques across Asia, their adaption to regional ecologies, and their significance for biomedical sciences and for public health today

Tuesday, 06 October 2026 at 09:30 hrs — Wednesday, 07 October 2026 at 18:00 hrs

Details:

Nirāmayatā: Healing and Wellbeing in South Asian Texts and Practices | India International Centre -

30/09/2026

A special day for the Suśruta Project team: Emeritus Prof. Dominik Wujastyk and Dr Jason Birch visited the Kaiser Library in Kathmandu along with esteemed colleague, Prof. Diwakar Acharya of Oxford, and were given an opportunity to view the Compendium of Suśruta (सुश्रुतसंहिता), which is a UNESCO treasure of the world.

This manuscript is reliably datable to 878 CE, and is one of the foundations of Ayurveda, the traditional medicine of South Asia.

L-R: Pradip Bhattarai (Director, Kaiser Library, Kathmandu), Prof. Diwakar Acharya, Prof. Dominik Wu-jastyk, Dr Ambika Regmi, Ms Binita Giri.

Follow the project:

https://sushrutaproject.github.io

Dominik Wu-jastyk

21/09/2026

You’ll be hearing more about Shivashankar and his team from us in coming months. For now, if you need help with typesetting books or academic articles (using LaTeX) we can put you in touch 🙏🏽💓✨

19/09/2026

The beautiful celebration of BNS Iyengar’s centenary took place today in Mysore. Inaugurated by HH Maharani Pramoda Devi Wadiyar. Perfectly executed with reverence and grace by Sahana and Tapan Tapan Raj Rasayana MysoreKitchen

May the celebrations of Mysore’s gift of yoga continue
🙏🏽💓✨

10/06/2026

Śaiva-Buddhist Encounters in Medieval India, edited by Lucas den Boer and Florinda De Simini, brings together contributions from leading scholars exploring the interactions between these two traditions in medieval South Asia.

You can download your free open-access copy via this link:

http://www.fedoabooks.unina.it/index.php/fedoapress/catalog/book/800

01/06/2026

The YDYS 2026 conference has come to an end. We have participated in and experienced the most amazing week of academic scholarship on yoga.

Lectures, round table discussions, exhibitions, embodied practices… the programme was full and engaging.

I was wearing many hats so here are a few behind-the-scenes photos. It was a true privilege to contribute toward such an important interdisciplinary scientific study of yoga.

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28/05/2026

First panel done! 🙌🏽✨ fantastic discussion with these fine scholars

13/05/2026

Opportunity to attend online.

06/05/2026

In the flesh…. tactile, glossy, and with physical presence.

The JoYS Editors are thrilled to have a publication stand at the YDYS 2026 conference in Paris that will launch 🚀 the journal into the physical realm.

All six volumes in print — stay tuned for details ✨✨✨