Thinking in Āsana - Movement and Philosophy in Viniyoga, Iyengar Yoga, and Ashtanga Yoga - Matylda Ciołkosz
Prologue
Thinking in Āsana - Movement and Philosophy in Viniyoga, Iyengar Yoga, and Ashtanga Yoga - Matylda Ciołkosz
Matylda Ciołkosz [+]
Jagiellonian University, Kraków
Matylda Ciołkosz is scholar of religions and an Assistant Professor at the Institute for the Study of Religions, Jagiellonian University in Kraków. In her research, she explores how religious concepts and doctrines are formed under the influence of different biological and sociocultural factors. As a longtime yoga practitioner, rock climber, and musician, she is especially interested in the significance of movement practices as one of these factors. In her studies- so far focused mainly on modern yoga- she applies the methodologies of cognitive science and lingustics.
Description
This part of the monograph introduces the theme of the study as well as its basic methodological assumptions. It gives an overview of my aims related to pursuing this study and discusses briefly my position as a researcher and an author. It provides the general information about the yoga systems I discuss and summarises the basic tenets of enactivism. It elucidates some technical issues regarding methodology and terminology, and clarifies some reservations pertaining to the scope of the study and its claims. It also summarises the contents of the rest of the book, providing the reader with its outline.