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Teaching Hatha yoga: an auto-ethnographic study
No full textThis dissertation is grounded in my praxis as a Hatha yoga teacher in the community. I noticed that particular students were drawn to specific styles of Hatha yoga, whilst avoiding others. I took the styles of Hatha yoga into consideration, but further exploration also gave rise to whether methods of instruction were a fundamental component of the class demography. This in turn led to an examination of my own teaching pedagogy to explore how my philosophical approach to teaching, was in fact, carried over into to my praxis and if this was a factor in student retention in my classes. Studying my own pedagogy as a Hatha yoga teacher meant reviewing my philosophies, both from a theoretical perspective and later from a practical level, to see if my practice followed my philosophy. This could only be realised through a full investigation of my teaching methods, which was achieved by video taping one of my Hatha yoga classes. I believe that understanding originates from personal knowledge; therefore, the research must begin by examining my own pedagogy. In order to answer these questions I have investigated the historical foundations of yoga and the meaning of yoga in the modern Western world. During this process I became aware of the misrepresentations of Hatha yoga and the misconceptions that have derived from this. In order to answer my research question, whether my teaching pedagogy directly influenced the cohort of students who attended my yoga class, I have had to be cognisant of my own pedagogy. In order to achieve this I employed heuristic enquiry and more specifically the methods outline by Clark Moustakas (1990). Heuristic epistemology is achieved by creating phases in which the researcher uses her own experience to investigate and create meaning in which to discover a phenomenon. This method of enquiry offers the researcher non-linear steps with which to structure the process of a personal reflection. Explication of the pedagogy resulted from numerous viewings of the video recording. I reviewed my teaching methods to ascertain if what I said and thought I was doing was what I actually taught
The Quintessence of Quotes and Speeches: A Study of Swami Vivekananda’s Thoughts to Inspire and 25 Greatest Speeches, Ed. P. V. Laxmiprasad
No full textThe Quintessence of Quotes and Speeches: A Study of Swami Vivekananda’s Thoughts to Inspire and 25 Greatest Speeches, Ed. P. V. Laxmiprasad, Nitya Publications, India, 2021, Pp. 153
Associations entre statut pondéral, satisfaction corporelle, identité ethnique, et estime de soi chez les adolescents océaniens
No full textInfographie résumant l'article scientifique suivant :Frayon S., Swami V., Wattelez G., Todd J., Galy O. Associations between weight status, body satisfaction, ethnic identity and self-esteem in Oceanian adolescents. Pediatric Obesity. 2021; 16(12):e12824. doi: 10.1111/ijpo.12824Infographie related to the following scientific paper: Frayon S., Swami V., Wattelez G., Todd J., Galy O. Associations between weight status, body satisfaction, ethnic identity and self-esteem in Oceanian adolescents. Pediatric Obesity. 2021; 16(12):e12824. doi: 10.1111/ijpo.12824Infographie résumant l'article scientifique suivant :Frayon S., Swami V., Wattelez G., Todd J., Galy O. Associations between weight status, body satisfaction, ethnic identity and self-esteem in Oceanian adolescents. Pediatric Obesity. 2021; 16(12):e12824. doi: 10.1111/ijpo.1282
author-bios-SRD-19-0063.R1 – Supplemental material for The Network Structure of Police Misconduct
No full textSupplemental material, author-bios-SRD-19-0063.R1 for The Network Structure of Police Misconduct by George Wood, Daria Roithmayr and Andrew V. Papachristos in Socius</p
Healthy body equals beautiful body? Changing perceptions of health and attractiveness with shifting socioeconomic status
No full textEthical responsibility and the spectres of demonic sacralisation in Swami Vivekananda
No full textSwami Vivekananda (adopted name of Narendranath Datta from 1893 onwards) is generally considered the modern Indian/Bengali commentator on Hinduism who redefined if not superseded the great reform movements of nineteenth-century Bengal..
Anticipatory anti-colonial writing in R.K. Narayan's Swami and Friends and Mulk Raj Anand's Untouchable
No full textThis article uses the term “anticipatory anti-colonial writing” to discuss the workings of time in R.K. Narayan’s Swami and Friends and Mulk Raj Anand’s Untouchable. Both these first novels were published in 1935 with the support of British literary personalities (Graham Greene and E.M. Forster respectively) and both feature young protagonists who, in contrasting ways, are engaged in Indian resistance to colonial rule. This study examines the difference between Narayan’s local, though ironical, resistance to the homogenizing temporal demands of empire and Anand’s awkwardly modernist, socially committed vision. I argue that a form of anticipation that explicitly looks forward to decolonization via new and transnational literary forms is a crucial feature of Untouchable that is not found in Swami and Friends, despite the latter’s anti-colonial elements. Untouchable was intended to be a “bridge between the Ganges and the Thames” and anticipates postcolonial negotiations of time that critique global inequalities and rely upon the multidirectional global connections forged by modernism
The Poetry of Swami Vivekananda: an Exploration Into the Romanticism
No full textThe present research paper focuses on the Romantic traits and tendencies in the poetry of Swami Vivekananda. Swami Vivekananda is the initial signature of poetry on the manuscript of Indian English literature. Generally applauded as the fiery orator in the world, his poetic introduction has almost been unnoticed by the critical pens. He is not a poet who compiles volume after volume but writes when he is overwhelmed by ‘the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings'. His poetry is remarkable for various romantic traits. The portrayal of child, love to humanity, love for love's sake, freedom, imagery and imagination are the echoes of Romanticism in his poetry. He reminds us of Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley and Keats in his instincts and poetic tendencies. His poems, though countable on the finger-tips, are the sublime poetic pieces of artistic culmination. This paper also focuses on the similarities and dissimarities of his poetry with the great poets of the Romantic era
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