‘Physicalisation’: A Pedagogy of Body-Mind Cultivation for Liberation in Modern Yoga and Meditation Methods
Aspasia Leledaki, David J Brown
Asian Medicine 2008 DOI: 10.1163/157342009x12526658783538 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Qualitative study Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Population | Modern yoga and meditation practitioners |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Citations | 13 |
| Key findings | Argues that practitioners describe 'physicalisation' as a somatic pedagogical pathway toward liberation from domination, involving cultivation of body-mind unity and de-identification, with three dimensions: empowerment, mastery, and negating domination. |
Abstract
Abstract This paper explores the transformation of a dualistic mind-body relationship as reported by participants in a recent qualitative study involving modern yoga and meditation practitioners. The stories of the practitioners focused strongly on transforming a body-self that was configured as a result of living a life in Western cultural contexts where philosophies of mind-body dualisms were taken to underpin daily practices. The practitioners described a well-trodden somatic pedagogical pathway towards liberation from domination that they called ‘physicalisation’. The paper illustrates physicalisation as cultivation of body-mind unity and de-identification before exploring the three dimensions of the practitioners' embodied spatiotemporal transformations that we have termed: empowerment, mustery and negating domination.
Comparable studies
Other qualitative studies on meditation, most cited first.
Citations in the library
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