Suzanne Newcombe researches the modern history of yoga and new and minority religions.
She obtained her PhD at the University of Cambridge on the popularisation of yoga and ayurvedic medicine in Britain.
[7] Newcombe has appeared on BBC radio and television to discuss modern yoga and religious practices.
[8] Since 2020, she has been the honorary director of INFORM based in Theology and Religious Studies at King's College London.
Crace notes that "some readers will find the narratives more readable and interesting" than the scholarly analysis.