Yoga Minds, Writing Bodies Contemplative Writing Pedagogy

In Yoga Minds, Writing Bodies, Christy Wenger argues for the inclusion of Eastern-influenced contemplative education within writing studies. She observes that, although we have "embodied" writing education in general by discussing the rhetorics of racialized, gendered, and disabled bodies,...

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Main Author: Wenger, Christy (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] WAC Clearinghouse [2015]
Series:Open textbook library.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: From the Sticky Mat to the Classroom: Toward Contemplative Writing Pedagogy
  • Chapter One: The Writing Yogi: Lessons for Embodied Change
  • Interchapter One: Using "Body Blogs" to Embody the Writer's Imagination
  • Chapter Two: Personal Presence, Embodied Empiricism and Resonance in Contemplative Writing
  • Interchapter Two: Habits of Yoga Minds and Writing Bodies
  • Chapter Three: Situating Feelings in Contemplative Writing Pedagogy
  • Interchapter Three: The Writer's Breath
  • Conclusion: Namaste