The health imaginary of postural yoga

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چکیده

This paper explores the capacity of yoga narratives and practices to contribute relate ideas about health. It adds theoretically existing literature on by introducing concept ‘health imaginary’ as an analytic lens for considering discourses in late modern times, where personal health care spiritual ambitions are once again becoming blurred. With this perspective, provides a thorough analysis how postures (asanas) conceived work therapeutically, yoga’s recent history present-day therapy. Taking case studies from India Germany, it is shown empirically application asanas rationalized differently specific geographical therapeutic environments – particularly regarding presumed theory body. Thus, imaginary not only space explore implicit logics goals healing different contexts, but also offers clues distinct social, cultural/religious, local influences that draw people into its selective appropriation across globe.

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Anthropology & Medicine

سال: 2021

ISSN: ['1469-2910', '1364-8470']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13648470.2021.1949962