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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.
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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