Stretching for Jesus: Christian Yoga, embodiment, and transcendence

This article aims to analyze, from a phenomenological-anthropological point of view, the life lines, body modulations, of the sensibilities and perception involved in the invention and practice of Christian yoga, a form of yoga created by the Jesuit priest Haroldo J. Rahm. Therefore, we follow as em...

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Autor: Dantas, Renan
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:Brasil
Institución:Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP)
Repositorio:Rever (São Paulo. Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/49234
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/rever/article/view/49234
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Antropologia fenomenológica
Yoga cristã
Corporeidade
Phenomenological Anthropology
Christian Yoga
Embodiment.
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Sumario:This article aims to analyze, from a phenomenological-anthropological point of view, the life lines, body modulations, of the sensibilities and perception involved in the invention and practice of Christian yoga, a form of yoga created by the Jesuit priest Haroldo J. Rahm. Therefore, we follow as empirical anchorage ethnographic and historical-literary sources, about practices, retreats and books on Christian yoga and its psychosomatic exercises, aiming 1) draw his lifelines, and 2) follow them from the point of view of embodiment.