Yoga minds, writing bodies : contemplative writing pedagogy / Christy I. Wenger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wenger, Christy I., 1982-

Contributor:

WAC Clearinghouse.

Open Textbook Library, distributor.

Series:

Perspectives on writing (Fort Collins, Colo.)

Open Textbook Library.

Perspectives on writing.

Open textbook library.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Composition and exercises--Study and teaching.

English language.

Mind and body.

Self in literature.

Yoga.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 205 pages) : illustrations.

Distribution:

Minneapolis : Open Textbook Library.

Place of Publication:

Fort Collins, Colorado : The WAC Clearinghouse ; Anderson, South Carolina : Parlor Press, [2015]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Summary:

"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, we have done substantially less to address the particular bodies that occupy our classrooms. She proposes that we turn to contemplative education practices that engages student bodies through fusing a traditional curriculum with contemplative practices including yoga, meditation, and the martial arts. Drawing strength from the recent "quiet revolution" (Zajonc) of contemplative pedagogy within postsecondary education and a legacy of field interest attributable to James Moffett, this project draws on case studies of first-year college writers to present contemplative pedagogy as a means of teaching students mindfulness of their writing and learning in ways that promote the academic, rhetorical work accomplished in first-year composition classes while at the same time remaining committed to a larger scope of a writer's physical and emotional well-being."--Open Textbook Library.

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

Appendix A

Appendix B

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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Description based on print version record; title from online table of contents page (viewed on February 23, 2015)

Other Format:

Print version: Wenger, Christy I., 1982- Yoga minds, writing bodies.

ISBN:

1602356629

1602356637

9781602356627

9781602356634

OCLC:

903812785

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access