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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wenger, Christy I., 1982- author.

Series:

Perspectives on writing.

Perspectives on writing

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 (214 p.)

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

Front cover; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; PREFACE; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION: FROM THE STICKY MAT TO THE CLASSROOM: TOWARD CONTEMPLATIVE WRITING PEDAGOGY; 1 THE WRITING YOGI: LESSONS FOREMBODIED CHANGE; INTERCHAPTER 1: USING "BODY BLOGS" TO EMBODY THE WRITER'S IMAGINATION; 2 PERSONAL PRESENCE, EMBODIED EMPIRICISM AND RESONANCE IN CONTEMPLATIVE WRITING; INTERCHAPTER 2: HABITS OF YOGA MINDS AND WRITING BODIES; 3 SITUATING FEELINGS IN CONTEMPLATIVE WRITING PEDAGOGY; INTERCHAPTER 3: THE WRITER'S BREATH; CONCLUSION: NAMASTE; NOTES; REFERENCES

APPENDIX A: YOGA ASANA HANDOUTAPPENDIX B: YOGA PRANAYAMA HANDOUT; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; Back cover

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

9781602356634

1602356637

9781602356627

1602356629