Pranayama: Breathing from the Heart
Religion and the Arts January 1, 2008 Richard Kearney
A Western author recounts their apprenticeship with a yoga teacher in the Hindu pilgrimage town of Rishikesh, Northern India. The essay examines the convergence of Western and Eastern perspectives on spirituality, desire, the body, study, and breathing. It focuses on the encounter with Vedantin and yogic concepts of the "cave of the heart" as a sacred space for prayer, peace, and meditation.