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Author | : Sheila Batacharya |
Publisher | : Athabasca University Press |
Total Pages | : 408 |
Release | : 2018-10-31 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 1771991917 |
Treating bodies as more than discursive in social research can feel out of place in academia. As a result, embodiment studies remain on the outside of academic knowledge construction and critical scholarship. However, embodiment scholars suggest that investigations into the profound division created by privileging the mind-intellect over the body-spirit are integral to the project of decolonization. The field of embodiment theorizes bodies as knowledgeable in ways that include but are not solely cognitive. The contributors to this collection suggest developing embodied ways of teaching, learning, and knowing through embodied experiences such as yoga, mindfulness, illness, and trauma. Although the contributors challenge Western educational frameworks from within and beyond academic settings, they also acknowledge and draw attention to the incommensurability between decolonization and aspects of social justice projects in education. By addressing this tension ethically and deliberately, the contributors engage thoughtfully with decolonization and make a substantial, and sometimes unsettling, contribution to critical studies in education.
Author | : Sam Kean |
Publisher | : Little, Brown |
Total Pages | : 355 |
Release | : 2017-07-18 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0316381632 |
The Guardian's Best Science Book of 2017: the fascinating science and history of the air we breathe. It's invisible. It's ever-present. Without it, you would die in minutes. And it has an epic story to tell. In Caesar's Last Breath, New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean takes us on a journey through the periodic table, around the globe, and across time to tell the story of the air we breathe, which, it turns out, is also the story of earth and our existence on it. With every breath, you literally inhale the history of the world. On the ides of March, 44 BC, Julius Caesar died of stab wounds on the Senate floor, but the story of his last breath is still unfolding; in fact, you're probably inhaling some of it now. Of the sextillions of molecules entering or leaving your lungs at this moment, some might well bear traces of Cleopatra's perfumes, German mustard gas, particles exhaled by dinosaurs or emitted by atomic bombs, even remnants of stardust from the universe's creation. Tracing the origins and ingredients of our atmosphere, Kean reveals how the alchemy of air reshaped our continents, steered human progress, powered revolutions, and continues to influence everything we do. Along the way, we'll swim with radioactive pigs, witness the most important chemical reactions humans have discovered, and join the crowd at the Moulin Rouge for some of the crudest performance art of all time. Lively, witty, and filled with the astounding science of ordinary life, Caesar's Last Breath illuminates the science stories swirling around us every second.
Author | : Ashon T. Crawley |
Publisher | : Fordham Univ Press |
Total Pages | : 427 |
Release | : 2016-10-03 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 082327456X |
In this profoundly innovative book, Ashon T. Crawley engages a wide range of critical paradigms from black studies, queer theory, and sound studies to theology, continental philosophy, and performance studies to theorize the ways in which alternative or “otherwise” modes of existence can serve as disruptions against the marginalization of and violence against minoritarian lifeworlds and possibilities for flourishing. Examining the whooping, shouting, noise-making, and speaking in tongues of Black Pentecostalism—a multi-racial, multi-class, multi-national Christian sect with one strand of its modern genesis in 1906 Los Angeles—Blackpentecostal Breath reveals how these aesthetic practices allow for the emergence of alternative modes of social organization. As Crawley deftly reveals, these choreographic, sonic, and visual practices and the sensual experiences they create are not only important for imagining what Crawley identifies as “otherwise worlds of possibility,” they also yield a general hermeneutics, a methodology for reading culture in an era when such expressions are increasingly under siege.
Author | : Jill Miller |
Publisher | : Victory Belt Publishing |
Total Pages | : 876 |
Release | : 2023-02-28 |
Genre | : Health & Fitness |
ISBN | : 1628603585 |
In the hierarchy of life, breath always wins. It persists 22,000 times daily, but you get to decide whether the way you breathe is to your benefit or detriment. Breath becomes compromised by stress, disease, and the environmental trappings of progress; you can still breathe under this pressure, but it leads to poor breathing habits that slowly whittle away at your health. In Body by Breath, bestselling author Jill Miller takes you on a journey through your breathing body and presents more than 100 step-by-step techniques and practices to help you master the body-breath connection and reset your physiology. This book explores four primary types of resilience-building exercises—breathwork, movement, rolling, and non-sleep deep rest—to help you achieve • Greater power, endurance, and recovery ability • Enhanced self-regulation skills • Supercharged executive function • Relief from pain, injuries, and chronic conditions • Freedom to feel, connect, and express stored emotions Jill shares her scientifically supported methods so you can Train and modulate your body and nervous system for reduced stress, improved mobility, and whole-body resilience Discover the latest findings in breath and fascia research and get the most out of breathwork practice by including more of your body’s parts in the mix Map the vast reach of the diaphragm and feel how it intermingles with everything in your body. You’ll travel the pathways of the vagus nerve and trace miles of fascial intersections beneath your skin to unlock your body’s regenerative reservoir. If you have struggled with traditional meditation practices because remaining still spikes your anxiety and leaves you feeling agitated and fidgety, Body by Breath presents innovative alternatives designed for your unique nervous system. This inclusive approach allows you to reap the benefits of relaxation, restoration, and regeneration. Take these practices into your life and renew the way you embody breath.
Author | : Josh Williams |
Publisher | : Aeon Books |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 2022-10-25 |
Genre | : Health & Fitness |
ISBN | : 1801520461 |
An exploration of the magic of plants, which exists far deeper than the green and nourishing existence we experience above ground. Through the lenses of animism, folk magic, herbal medicine, plant lore, land connections, and rituals aligned with tides of nature, The Green Arte explores the magic of plants. Hidden below, in dark and mysterious depths, are the roots of these beings, which connect to something primordial, raw, wild and complex; this is the mystery which Josh Williams explores in his second book. Within these pages, Josh introduces readers to the plant spirits, allowing us to work with them, in spiritual ways, to create magic and medicine. The Green Arte will act as a workbook, for the engaged reader - from herbalists and ritualists, to anyone wanting to deepen their relationship with the natural world - to grow their own work in the wonderful and magical bounty that nature and the plants have to offer.
Author | : Eric Ribbens |
Publisher | : Archway Publishing |
Total Pages | : 186 |
Release | : 2019-03-19 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1480873985 |
Christianity is not a good old-time religion--safe and nostalgic. Instead, it is the most radical concept of our world that, if we choose to accept it, may cause us to be torn apart and painfully reshaped. It's authentic, relevant, and capable of standing up to every part of modern civilization. In a collection of thoughtful musings about the Word of God, lifelong Christian Eric Ribbens explores key lessons in the Bible while sharing creative retellings of each story that encourage others to reason together with God, question the meaning behind the stories, and then embrace opportunities for learning. Each musing begins with a quote extracted from a Bible verse relevant to the speaker, and is followed by questions for discussion and contemplation that invite each of us to reflect on God's presence in our lives. Eddies of His Breath is a collection of biblical reflections that builds on stories from the Bible and then encourages heartfelt discussion and contemplation about God's influence and His lessons that still apply in today's world.
Author | : Rose Ellen Dunn |
Publisher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 151 |
Release | : 2014-07-30 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1620326167 |
Finding Grace with God: A Phenomenological Reading of the Annunciation engages in an interweaving of phenomenology, mystical theology, and feminist philosophy to unfold a theopoetic interpretation of the narrative of the Annunciation in the Gospel of Luke. It begins with a discussion of the foundational phenomenologies of Edmund Husserl and Martin Heidegger and then moves to the more recent work of several French phenomenologists, including Paul Ricoeur, Jean-Louis Chretien, and Michel Henry. The interpretation is then expanded through the philosophies of Luce Irigaray, Jean-Luc Marion, and Jacques Derrida. Finally, the phenomenologies of Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Martin Heidegger provide a means to interpret the Annunciation through theopoetics, as a text that is infused with possibility. Mary, filled with grace, is beckoned by the divine into possibility; responding in grace, she in turn beckons the divine into possibility. Transgressing the limits of language, this possibility slips into apophasis--into a moment of Gelassenheit, a mutual "letting-be" or releasement of Mary and the divine into a mystical union of love, a love that becomes manifest through a gift of life.
Author | : Davina Quinlivan |
Publisher | : Edinburgh University Press |
Total Pages | : 197 |
Release | : 2014-02-11 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 0748664742 |
This study considers the locus of the breathing body in the film experience and its implications for the study of embodiment in film and sensuous spectatorship.
Author | : Gaye Abbott |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 106 |
Release | : 2012-01-25 |
Genre | : Self-Help |
ISBN | : 1105497879 |
A road-map to living an in-spired life and a step-by-step manual that invites us to align ourselves with the rhythms of the natural world - and then shows us how. Open to the beauty and substance of the breath as a vehicle for awareness and as a tool for a vibrant life. Use the focus for each week of the year to more fully inhabit each inhale, pause and exhale!
Author | : Caterina Albano |
Publisher | : U of Minnesota Press |
Total Pages | : 114 |
Release | : 2022-04-05 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1452967377 |
Explores the intrinsic relation of life to air, and breathing, through contemporary art In Out of Breath, Caterina Albano examines the cultural significance of breath and air to a wide array of forces in our midst, including economy, politics, infection, and ecological violence. Through a consideration of recent art practices and projects, including the dance project Breath Catalogue, which makes visible the breathing patterns of dancers, and Forensic Architecture’s Cloud Studies video, which investigates eight different kinds of clouds from airstrikes to herbicides to tear gas, Albano focuses on breath as both an intuitive process and a conveyer of meanings. Conceived in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and systemic inequalities that it has laid bare, Out of Breath shows the potential of artistic practices to mobilize affect as a form of cultural and political critique. Forerunners is a thought-in-process series of breakthrough digital works. Written between fresh ideas and finished books, Forerunners draws on scholarly work initiated in notable blogs, social media, conference plenaries, journal articles, and the synergy of academic exchange. This is gray literature publishing: where intense thinking, change, and speculation take place in scholarship.