Embodied Consciousness and Yogic Philosophy in Indian English Women’s Poetry
International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research October 7, 2025 Mrigen Mondal
Indian English women poets, including Kamala Das, Eunice de Souza, Arundhati Subramaniam, Meena Alexander, and Rukmini Bhayia Nayar, articulate a nuanced understanding of the body as both material and metaphysical by engaging with yogic philosophical traditions. Their poetry reflects principles such as mind-body integration, meditative introspection, and holistic self-realization, moving beyond reductive binaries of body versus mind or material versus spiritual. Through corporeal imagery, cognitive reflection, and linguistic strategies, these poets negotiate personal, social, and spiritual identity, conceptualizing embodiment as a dynamic site of self-awareness, resistance, and transcendence. This interdisciplinary analysis situates their work at the nexus of literary, feminist, and philosophical studies.