Yoga in Transition: Exploring the Rise of Yoga in Peacebuilding

This article draws connections between the complexities of modern postural yoga practices and global peacebuilding efforts, exploring both tensions and possibilities. First, the article engages key yogic texts--such as Patanjali's Yogasastra, which demonstrates how yoga is historically rooted i...

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Main Author: Lefurgey, Mayme (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox 2017
In: Religions of South Asia
Year: 2017, Volume: 11, Issue: 2/3, Pages: 254-273
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Patañjali, Philosopher, Yogasūtra / Yoga / The Modern / Peace efforts
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism
NCD Political ethics
Further subjects:B Yogaśāstra
B elicitive peacebuilding
B Peacebuilding
B modern postural yoga
B transrational peace studies
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