Thinking in Āsana - Movement and Philosophy in Viniyoga, Iyengar Yoga, and Ashtanga Yoga - Matylda Ciołkosz
Epilogue: Yoga, Autopoiesis, and Change
Thinking in Āsana - Movement and Philosophy in Viniyoga, Iyengar Yoga, and Ashtanga Yoga - Matylda Ciołkosz
Matylda Ciołkosz [+]
Jagiellonian University, Kraków
Matylda Ciołkosz is an assistant professor at the Institute of Religious Studies, Jagiellonian University in Kraków. She earned her PhD in culture and religion studies in 2019 for her research on the meaning- making role of kinesthetic experience in the practice of modern postural yoga. In her research, she draws from cognitive approaches to the study of religions to explore the influence of sensory, motor, and social contexts on the formation and application of religious concepts.
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The final section of the book is a summary of its argument. It recapitulates the findings of the third chapter and rephrases them in terms of the enactive approach to life and cognition. It redefines yoga practice as a cognitive activity that gives the practitioner the embodied tools to construe their identity, their position in the world, and their capacity to adapt to this world through continuous transformation.