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Teaching Contemporary Yoga provides a novel look at how modern yoga
is understood, practiced, and taught globally. Utilising
perspectives from several academic disciplines, the authors offer
an analysis of the current state of modern yoga and the
possibilities for future experimentation and innovation. The
authors draw on anthropological, performance, and embodiment
theories to understand yoga practice as a potentially powerful
ritual of transformation as well as a cultural product steeped in
the process of meaning making. They craft a unique analysis that
contrasts asana with the largely unexamined philosophy underlying
the practice of vinyasa, while imagining a vibrant future for the
evolution of yoga through excellence in teaching. Unlike other
writings about yoga, the authors offer a critique of the current
practice of yoga as both diminished and utilitarian, while
providing a path to reinvigorating the discipline based on current
scientific knowledge and methods for teaching and practice. Along
with these theoretical perspectives and the analysis of
contemporary yoga in the West, the authors offer practical
applications to address the challenges of teaching yoga in a
society where individualism and materialism are core values.
Open-ended exercises in reflection and experimentation offer
opportunities for readers to apply what they have learned to their
teaching and personal practice. This is a vital guide for any
yoga-oriented scholar, teacher, or practitioner and is an essential
companion for contemporary teacher training.
Teaching Contemporary Yoga provides a novel look at how modern yoga
is understood, practiced, and taught globally. Utilising
perspectives from several academic disciplines, the authors offer
an analysis of the current state of modern yoga and the
possibilities for future experimentation and innovation. The
authors draw on anthropological, performance, and embodiment
theories to understand yoga practice as a potentially powerful
ritual of transformation as well as a cultural product steeped in
the process of meaning making. They craft a unique analysis that
contrasts asana with the largely unexamined philosophy underlying
the practice of vinyasa, while imagining a vibrant future for the
evolution of yoga through excellence in teaching. Unlike other
writings about yoga, the authors offer a critique of the current
practice of yoga as both diminished and utilitarian, while
providing a path to reinvigorating the discipline based on current
scientific knowledge and methods for teaching and practice. Along
with these theoretical perspectives and the analysis of
contemporary yoga in the West, the authors offer practical
applications to address the challenges of teaching yoga in a
society where individualism and materialism are core values.
Open-ended exercises in reflection and experimentation offer
opportunities for readers to apply what they have learned to their
teaching and personal practice. This is a vital guide for any
yoga-oriented scholar, teacher, or practitioner and is an essential
companion for contemporary teacher training.
Tamsin Johnson s international high-end residential projects
reflect her signature ability to combine pieces from across decades
and continents in ways that feel understated and natural. This
knack for appearing effortless brings the ultimate level of
sophistication to her work. Johnson favours elements of surprise
and a sense of play in her designs, as evident in contrasts of
scale, the bold use of art, and the sculptural nature of the
furniture she selects or commissions. Her spaces celebrate comfort,
character, and user-friendly design, and this philosophy is
tangible in her showroom, where a veneration of European heritage
is balanced with characteristics of modern coastal Australia. Under
Johnson s artful eye, traditional pieces become unexpectedly
lighter, and a sense of luxurious ease pervades. In a trade which
requires an eye for historical value, the objects Johnson sources
and collects to accent her interiors have contemporary appeal
everything feels relevant and persuasive, as if even the most
formal of objects could sit comfortably by your bedside. Johnson
gracefully shares her ideas, images, and stories to illustrate
these principles for readers, resulting in a book that is both a
rich visual resource and design reference.
This book delineates different manifestations of the vagabond
spirit of poetry through the ages. In doing so, it makes claims for
the efficacy of poetry in our industrialized world, where we are
presented with environmental, political and economic challenges.
The Vagabond Spirit of Poetry demonstrates that poems are vital now
more than ever because they can transform our relations with each
other and with the earth. It acknowledges the awesome power of
poems by providing you with fresh ways to apprehend their profound
spiritual insights. You will be surprised by how sharp your
imagination becomes once you start following the paths opened by
Edward Clarke's original readings. This region is full of
unexpected turns and pleasant clearings. Beginning in the middle of
things with Wordsworth, you will be taken on a journey from
Shakespeare to Wallace Stevens. Significant older poets, including
Homer, Virgil and Dante, will enliven conversations with the wisest
British, Irish and American poets of the modern age. As you
proceed, poetry will teach you how to put into practice its
perennial wisdom.
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