The Embodied Experience of Prostration (chaktsal)
The Journal of Somaesthetics October 12, 2025 Kei Nagaoka
This study explores the embodied experience of prostration among Tibetan Buddhists through ethnographic research in the Eastern Himalayas. I extend somaesthetics theory by using a sensory ethnographic approach to analyze the intersubjective relations and bodily sensibility that intersect in the daily experience of prostration. By focusing on the interactions among their senses, aesthetics, and...
DOI: 10.54337/ojs.jos.v11i1.10009 (opens in new tab)
Buddhism
Embodied cognition
Ethnography
Sensibility
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