Yoga: Bending Mind and Body (Philosophy for Everyone)
Liz Stillwaggon Swan
Language: English
Pages: 204
ISBN: 2:00254199
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Stimulates thoughts and expands awareness of the philosophical dimensions of yoga in its many forms and practices
Yoga -- Philosophy for Everyone presents a wide array of perspectives by people whose lives have been touched by yoga. Addressing myriad aspects of yoga's divergent paths, topics include body image for men and women; the religious and spiritual aspects of yoga; and issues relating to ethics, personal growth, and the teaching of yoga. Written by philosophers and non-philosophers alike, with contributions from professional yoga instructors, lifelong practitioners, and first-timers, Yoga -- Philosophy for Everyone offers a wealth of material for both enjoyment and deep reflection.
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taking charge of their own spiritual education and meditating, worshiping, or otherwise drawing inspiration from any and all traditions that strike their fancy. I know several yogis who have chosen to meditate on the symbols or gods of ancient Egypt, or other now-extinct religious traditions. Not every seeker goes quite this far, but most seem to have no problem mixing and matching doctrines, deities, and practices from any number of faiths. Yoga seems a snug fit for this sort of globalized
the practices of yoga throughout history there has always been a vision of becoming absorbed into supreme consciousness, the essence of reality and being. Yoga is an age-old spiritual practice that uses various mind–body techniques to unite individual consciousness – the soul – with its most essential source – supreme spirit. This ultimate union is characterized by a dissolving of the awareness of individual distinction and separateness until there is an experience of universality and
practitioner and scholar T. K. V. Desikachar noted that ‘yoga is the practice of observing oneself without judgment’ and is experienced ‘inside, deep within our being.’ 7 However internal the ideal process may be, scopophilic (deriving pleasure from looking) external evaluation is part of the set-up. In other words, based on the analysis of YJ’s covers, it would seem that not only is achievement of spiritual enlightenment an elusive ideal but so is the attainment of the body necessary to take one
various corners of yoga’s long history) – although not completely ‘accurate’ from a Western perspective, still has some value, in part because some of its wisdom overlaps with that of Western science and medicine. Jacobson concludes that, even if we decide to practice yoga stripped of ‘yoga theory,’ it is still a very worthwhile practice, perhaps even more so without, as he puts it, all the ‘illusion.’ In Part 2 of the book, we turn to the theme of yoga and how it relates to various issues
Western philosophy has afforded us, and come to our yoga practice fresh and ready for new insights. J. Neil Otte’s essay, ‘Man a Machine, Man a Yogi,’ explores the relationship between mind and body as seen in the ancient Eastern texts of the Yoga Sutras and the more recent writings of the seventeenth-century philosopher René Descartes and the eighteenth-century physiologist Julien Offray de La Mettrie. Otte suggests that the notion that mind and body are distinct kinds of things, with very