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Footnotes on "Decolonizing the Study of Religion"
A reading guide by Frances Garrett for the article, “Decolonizing the Study of Religion”, by Malory Nye, published in 2019 in the Open Library...
Michael Sheehy on "Tummo: Fierce Lady of Yogic Heat"
The contemplative technique of tummo (gtum mo, caṇḍālī) – literally, the “fierce lady” – is a consummate practice of Vajrayāna Tibetan Buddhist yoga. To...
Creating Safe(r) Spaces for Mindfulness of Breath: Non-White Western Practitioners’ Experiences of Race, Racism and Whiteness in American Mindfulness
In Vipassana meditation practice, the first common object is the breath. By allowing the breath to be the focus of your awareness, one lets...
Susannah Deane on "Tibetan Notions of Wind in Mental Health and Illness"
This presentation explores how Tibetan Buddhist and medical notions of the relationship between heart, wind and mind come together to explain the (dys)functioning of...
Geoffrey Samuel on "Wind and Breath in Tibetan Thought"
Breath and wind concepts are widespread in Asia, and the Tibetans inherited both Yogic and Tantric prāṇa and Ayurvedic vāta, both translated into Tibetan...
Anne Klein on "Breath: In the Body and Beyond"
Anne Klein starts with a few phenomenological reflections on how easeful attention to breath resolves structures that constrict our experience of being. What does...