Creative Arts Educ Ther (2025) 11(2):272–288 DOI: 10.15212/CAET/2025/11/15 The Layered Landscape of Meditation: A Visual and Mindful Journey of Artful Inner Explorations Abstract This article examines an arts-based research method that explores the intersection of meditation practice, landscape photography, and mixed-media response art. The original methodology and results were developed by the...
This article is grounded in the perspective of “harmony” and the tradition of “embodying the Dao” from classical Chinese philosophy and integrated with phenomenological body theory. It explores the intrinsic alignment between the traditional life cultivation theory of “imbibing the great harmony”1 and modern embodied cognition theory, supported by practical case studies. Through the practice of...
Exploring Southern African contemplative traditions addresses an important gap in the fields of contemplative science and healing modalities. In contrast to meditation practices drawn from Eastern wisdom traditions, practices embedded in African spirituality are sound- and movement-based and conducted in community settings. During a research retreat in South Africa, attended by traditional...
This article aims to deepen the understanding of existential intrasubjectivity and intersubjectivity as they relate to the body, being, and nature, as experienced through the lens of Warli philosophy, particularly the Kahankar and the Ahankar. This reflexive inquiry lies at the intersection of the author’s identity as a researcher, a dance movement therapist, and a spiritual being. The...
This article highlights the potential role of the “brahmaviharas,” a Buddhist concept which emphasizes certain spiritual dimensions and have been interlinked with dance movement therapy combined with other expressive arts, in responding effectively to the unpredictable life changes during pandemic situations such as the COVID-19. A multiple therapeutic–expressive–creative movement sequence...
Creative Arts Educ Ther (2020) 6(2):141–152 DOI: 10.15212/CAET/2020/6/4 Expressive Arts as a Way of Making Meaning and Gaining Insight: An Eastern Perspective with the “Mind” 從東方思想探討表達藝術作為尋找意義與洞見的方式 Abstract This article includes two parts. Part I attempts to use one of the Buddhist psychology theories, “five ever-present mental states,” to illustrate how our mind is interconnected and propose...