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- Title
Yoga, change and embodied enlightenment.
- Authors
LANGØIEN, LARS JØRUN
- Abstract
The article discusses how Ashtanga yoga embodies a religio-spiritual practice. Shri K. Pattabhi Jois is the founder of modern Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga. Ashtanga yoga describes the eight steps to kaivalya or liberation, namely, yama, niyama, asana, pranayama, pratyahara, dharana, dhyana and samadhi. The experiences of several yoga practitioners particularly how yoga has made changes in their lives and way of thinking are detailed. The concept of enlightenment in yoga philosophy is explained.
- Subjects
ASTANGA yoga; VINYASA yoga; PATTABHI, Shri K.; PRANAYAMA; ZEN Buddhism; SAMADHI
- Publication
Approaching Religion, 2012, Vol 2, Issue 2, p27
- ISSN
1799-3121
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.30664/ar.67501