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• Title:
  Is the Body the Temple of the Soul? Modern Yoga Practice as a Psychosocial Phenomenon
• Creator:
  Konecki, Krzysztof
• Contributor:
  University of Łódź, Faculty of Economics and Sociology, Institute of Sociology, Department of Sociology of Organization & Management;
  The author is a professor of sociology working at the Institute of Sociology, Faculty of Economics and Sociology, University of Łódź. His interests lie in qualitative sociology, sociology of interaction, methodology of social sciences, visual sociology, communication and intercultural management, contemplative sociology and forms of contemporary spirituality. He is the editor-in-chief of “Qualitative Sociology Review” and holds membership in the Board of Polish Sociological Association and the Board of Committee of Sociology of the Polish Academy of Science; he is a member of the Executive Committee of European Sociological Association (2015).
• Description:
  Hatha-yoga in Western culture is often perceived as the practice of physical exercises (practice of the asana position), usually done to improve one’s health and emotional state. Even if that is the case, it is still based on the rule of “the silencing of the modifications of the mind.” It is about a containment of mind dispersion in terms of non-important, minute, everyday issues, which are not important for the basis of our existence, balance and inner harmony, the unity of body and mind. Even if we train only for our health and for improvement of our physical fitness, then the end result, in the case of many physical and sports activities, is stopping mind movement. The full concentration on one action, on one point in space, might not have any metaphysical meaning for us, but it still remains full concentration. This can be achieved by patiently practicing hatha-yoga.;
  Udostępnienie publikacji Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego finansowane w ramach projektu „Doskonałość naukowa kluczem do doskonałości kształcenia”. Projekt realizowany jest ze środków Europejskiego Funduszu Społecznego w ramach Programu Operacyjnego Wiedza Edukacja Rozwój; nr umowy: POWER.03.05.00-00-Z092/17-00.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 ;
  Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Międzynarodowe
• Date:
  2020.09.28;
  2015
• Type:
  Book
• Language:
  Polish
• Format:
  application/pdf;
  image/jpeg
• Wydawca:
  Łódź University Press, Jagiellonian University Press
• Temat i słowa kluczowe:
  yoga;
  soul;
  psychological phenomenon;
  hatha-yoga;
  guru in yoga
• Identyfikator:
  Konecki K., Is the Body the Temple of the Soul? Modern Yoga Practice as a Psychosocial Phenomenon, Łódź University Press, Jagiellonian University Press, Łódź-Kraków 2015, doi: 10.18778/7969-819-6;
  978-83-7969-819-6;
  http://hdl.handle.net/11089/32273 ;
  978-83-7969-820-2;
  10.18778/7969-819-6
• Dostawca danych:
  Repozytorium Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Can I use it?:
  seek permission
• Type:
  image