Bhekasana Pose Yoga
This is where symbolic value enters and become significant. As a magnetic field is defined by magnetism, and as an electrical field is constituted by electricity, in similar ways …
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Yoga poses everyday
There is in short a dialectic (Wikipedia link) tension between these two values as the yoga discourse continuously transforms use-value into symbolic-value and vice versa. We shall see how …
Yoga poses for three people
The shape and transformations of both yoga practice (the referent) and the meaning (use-value) of this practice is defined by (1) the dynamic competition between groups and individuals within …
Dolphin Pose Yoga
So the technologies embedded in the yoga discourse – like meditation’ – generate experiences and outcomes for the individual (like Altered States of Consciousness and improved health), which the …
Ardha Chandrasana Pose Yoga
Yoga as a cultural field Symbols and culture are inseparable – they flow into each other. By focussing on the symbolic aspect of yoga we move from the individual …