Eastern Practices and Nordic Bodies Lived Religion, Spirituality and Healing in the Nordic Countries /
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| Summary: | XV, 306 p. 1 illus. text |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
2023.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2023. |
| Series: | Palgrave Studies in New Religions and Alternative Spiritualities,
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38118-8 |
| Format: | Electronic Book |
Table of Contents:
- Introducing Eastern Practices and Nordic Bodies
- Part I Embodiment, Movements, and Practices
- Catharsis in the Spruce Forest: Osho Meditations and Therapy at a Spiritual Retreat in Norway
- Getting Past the Ego: Modern Advaita and the Cultivation of a Nondual Habitus
- Modern Yoga and the Nordic Body: Between Authenticity and Cultural Appropriation
- Kirtan: Music, Emotion, and Belonging in Finnish Holistic Spirituality
- Art of Living and Transcendental Meditation: Eastern Practices for the “Scientifically Minded Westerner”
- Part II Aesthetics, Nature, and New Contexts
- Embodying Qi in the Nordic Countries: The Healing Practices of Zhineng Qigong
- Aikido’s Spirituality and Transplantation in the Nordic Countries: Spirituality in the Asian Martials Art
- Towards Watery and Vibrating Bodies: Finnish Bodies Learning Tibetan Sound Healing
- Meditation and Other New Spiritual Practices in the Church of Sweden
- Acem and the Psychology of Meditation: The Inner History of a Living Practice
- Shinrin-Yoku in Sweden: The Political Significance of Embodiment and Sensory Attention in Nature
- Starving the Animal Within: Vegetarianism as Spiritual Development and Eastern Wisdom in Early Swedish Theosophy.