Transformative Body Practices and Social Change: The Intersection between Spirituality and Activism
This paper examines the intersections of embodied spiritual practices—breathing, sensing, postural awareness, moving, touching—and organizing for social change. The perspectives of two leading revolutionary theorists, Mahatma Gandhi and Wilhelm Reich, provide a basis from which to analyze the import...
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| description | This paper examines the intersections of embodied spiritual practices—breathing, sensing, postural awareness, moving, touching—and organizing for social change. The perspectives of two leading revolutionary theorists, Mahatma Gandhi and Wilhelm Reich, provide a basis from which to analyze the importance for body cultivation in addressing social issues. There is an analysis of how traditional practices might be taught in a context which opens the practitioner to the grief of the world and the energy to address it. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-831f2aeffdef445c8fad78ed1f96a8a22022-12-21T23:53:11ZdeuARINA, Inc.Integral Review1553-30691553-30692012-06-01813542Transformative Body Practices and Social Change: The Intersection between Spirituality and ActivismDon H. JohnsonThis paper examines the intersections of embodied spiritual practices—breathing, sensing, postural awareness, moving, touching—and organizing for social change. The perspectives of two leading revolutionary theorists, Mahatma Gandhi and Wilhelm Reich, provide a basis from which to analyze the importance for body cultivation in addressing social issues. There is an analysis of how traditional practices might be taught in a context which opens the practitioner to the grief of the world and the energy to address it.http://integral-review.org/pdf-template-issue.php?pdfName=vol_8_no_1_johnson_transformative_body_practices_and_social_change.pdfDon H. JohnsonSomatic Spirituality; Transformative Body Practices; Embodied Spirituality; Social Activism; Mahatma Gandhi; Wilhelm ReichSomatic SpiritualityTransformative Body PracticesEmodied SpiritualitySocial ActivismMahatma GandhiWilhelm Reich |
| spellingShingle | Don H. Johnson Transformative Body Practices and Social Change: The Intersection between Spirituality and Activism Integral Review Don H. Johnson Somatic Spirituality; Transformative Body Practices; Embodied Spirituality; Social Activism; Mahatma Gandhi; Wilhelm Reich Somatic Spirituality Transformative Body Practices Emodied Spirituality Social Activism Mahatma Gandhi Wilhelm Reich |
| title | Transformative Body Practices and Social Change: The Intersection between Spirituality and Activism |
| title_full | Transformative Body Practices and Social Change: The Intersection between Spirituality and Activism |
| title_fullStr | Transformative Body Practices and Social Change: The Intersection between Spirituality and Activism |
| title_full_unstemmed | Transformative Body Practices and Social Change: The Intersection between Spirituality and Activism |
| title_short | Transformative Body Practices and Social Change: The Intersection between Spirituality and Activism |
| title_sort | transformative body practices and social change the intersection between spirituality and activism |
| topic | Don H. Johnson Somatic Spirituality; Transformative Body Practices; Embodied Spirituality; Social Activism; Mahatma Gandhi; Wilhelm Reich Somatic Spirituality Transformative Body Practices Emodied Spirituality Social Activism Mahatma Gandhi Wilhelm Reich |
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