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Introduction -- Part one. The basics of contemplative research: Identity processes and dialogicality of self-the problem of anamnesis -- Meditation for social scientists -- Contemplation for economists. towards a social economy based on empathy and compassion -- The problem of ontological insecurity. what can we learn from sociology today? Some zen Buddhist inspirations -- Part two. The applications: Standing in public places: an ethno-zenic experiment aimed at developing sociological imagination, and more besides ... -- Contemplating technology in qualitative research -- Experiencing the university -- Hatha-yoga in higher education -- Buddhism zen and qualitative research -- Part three. Technicalities: Technical aspets of contemplative research -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Information about the author.

Evidence is presented to highlight two aspects of blindness; namely, physical inactivity leading to poor physical fitness and the state of anxiety which accompanies unguided blind mobility. Evidence is further presented to show that physical fitness may be achieved painlessly by means of Hatha Yoga and that anxiety may be reduced and the lasting effects of anxiety moderated by the practice of meditation. It is the author's suggestion that, given these two findings, it would be appropriate to encourage blind people in Yogic practices. An attempt is made, on behalf of the blind population, to extract from the vast storehouse of Yogic knowledge those aspects which are likely to be beneficial; an unashamed application of pragmatic eclecticism.

BACKGROUND: Chronic low back pain (cLBP) and chronic neck pain (cNP) are highly prevalent conditions and common reasons for disability among military personnel. Yoga and other mind-body interventions have been shown to safely decrease pain and disability in persons with cLBP and/or cNP but have not been adequately studied in active duty military personnel. The objective of this study was to examine the feasibility and acceptability of delivering 2 types of yoga (hatha and restorative) to a sample of active-duty military personnel with cLBP/cNP. METHODS: Military personnel with cLBP and/or cNP (n = 49; 59% men) were randomized to either hatha or restorative yoga interventions. Interventions consisted of in-person yoga 1-2x weekly for 12 weeks. Feasibility and acceptability were measured by rates of recruitment, intervention attendance, attrition, adverse events, and satisfaction ratings. Health outcomes including pain and disability were measured at baseline, 12 weeks, and 6 months. Means and effect sizes are presented. RESULTS: Recruitment was completed ahead of projections. Over 90% of participants agreed or strongly agreed that they enjoyed participation, liked the instructor, and would like to continue yoga. Retention rates were 86% and 80% at 12 week and 6 month assessments, respectively. Intervention attendance was adequate but lower than expected. There were small to moderate reductions in back-pain related disability, pain severity and pain interference, and improvements in quality of life, grip strength, and balance. In general, effects were larger for those who attended at least 50% of intervention classes. Participants with cNP tended to have smaller outcome improvements, but conclusions remain tentative given small sample sizes. CONCLUSIONS: Results demonstrate feasibility for conducting a randomized controlled comparative effectiveness trial of yoga for cLBP and cNP among active duty military personnel. Acceptability was also established. Ongoing work will enhance the intervention for cNP and ...

The healing powers of traditional yoga, Oriental medicine, nutrition, and other mind/body techniques are accessible with this do-it-yourself manual for women who are struggling with infertility or just looking to improve their odds of conception. Natural methods based on Integrative Care for Fertility™ use a holistic approach to demonstrate how a home-based holistic fertility program can improve mind, body, and spirit, and in turn, maximize chances for conceiving. Photographs are provided to illustrate the proper yoga postures, and interspersed stories from yoga practitioners and experts present real-life struggles of infertility patients and victories that will inspire all women who are trying for a healthy pregnancy and birth. With more than 30 pages of new information, this updated edition also includes a study guide

Buenos Aires, the city of tango, good meat, and. . . yoga? As in many modern big cities, yoga has become extremely popular during the last decades. It is everywhere; in gyms, book stores, yoga centers, multinational companies, even churches. We have hatha, swasthya, and ashtanga yoga, hot yoga, naked yoga, yoga for pregnant women, and for Catholics; the list is endless. For Dutch anthropologist Peter van der Veer (2007), modern yoga is a product of global modernization, originated in the dialogue between the Indian national movement and the western political, economic, and cultural influences. Yoga has become an item in the wide catalogue of alternative therapies, seen as a physic­al exercise promoting bodily and mental health, a way of life, which does not conflict with western science. For van der Veer this 'therapeutic world view' is part of global capitalism. (Van der Veer 2007: 317.)

Buenos Aires, the city of tango, good meat, and. . . yoga? As in many modern big cities, yoga has become extremely popular during the last decades. It is everywhere; in gyms, book stores, yoga centers, multinational companies, even churches. We have hatha, swasthya, and ashtanga yoga, hot yoga, naked yoga, yoga for pregnant women, and for Catholics; the list is endless. For Dutch anthropologist Peter van der Veer (2007), modern yoga is a product of global modernization, originated in the dialogue between the Indian national movement and the western political, economic, and cultural influences. Yoga has become an item in the wide catalogue of alternative therapies, seen as a physic­al exercise promoting bodily and mental health, a way of life, which does not conflict with western science. For van der Veer this 'therapeutic world view' is part of global capitalism. (Van der Veer 2007: 317.)

Créé dans les années 1979-80, à une époque où la société soviétique était encore fermée, le club Cosmos constituait un modèle unique en son genre. Non seulement, il invitait aux pratiques et philosophies orientales (méditation, bio-énergie, auto-hypnose, hatha-yoga et agni-yoga, etc.), phénomène rare en cette période de dictature idéologique, mais il était ouvert à tous. Il ne pouvait, naturellement, afficher son orientation spirituelle et exprima ses objectifs en termes de " rétablissement de la santé " et d' " éducation communiste ".
Le club Cosmos, qui ne se réfère à aucune doctrine (en tant qu'enseignement cohérent auquel il faut croire), développe une vision du monde basée sur l'harmonie cosmique, commune à de nombreux nouveaux mouvements religieux. La souplesse de sa structure et ses deux principes - universalisme et ouverture - y ont attiré des milliers de participants, le noyau central étant formé d'intellectuels actifs d'âge moyen. L'une des spécificités du Club est la primauté accordée aux comportements moraux (honnêteté, vie et alimentation saines, tempérance...), permettant un développement harmonieux de la personnalité dans toutes ses dimensions. Le document est fondé sur une série d'enquêtes, qui ont permis à l'auteur de donner un premier aperçu de ce mouvement très peu connu en Russie même.

Cover -- Half-title -- Endorsements -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Arab Subcultures and the Paradox of Cultural Translation -- Arab subcultures: what is in the name? -- The epistemological pre-moment: translation between the experiential and conceptual -- Arab Cultural Studies continued -- The book -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 1 Hatha al-shibl min dhak al-asad: Would-be Arab Youth Studies and the Revival of 'Subculture' -- Pseudo-presentism and the historicisation of the revolution -- 'Subculture lite' and the politics of resistance -- Subcultures: the semiotic, ideological and quotidian -- Subcultures, countercultures and the problem of cultural translation -- Conclusion -- Beyond diasporic Arab Cultural Studies: towards a double critique -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2 Hacking Rites: Recoding the Political in Contemporary Cultural Practices -- Wither commitment? -- Hacking rites -- Cultural production as a scandalous act -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3 Just a Bunch of (Arab) Geeks? How a 'Techie' Elite Shaped a Digital Culture in the Arab Region and Contributed to the Making of the Arab Uprisings -- Introducing the 'Arab Techies' -- Reorienting the nexus between subcultures, class and globalisation -- How the Arab Techies developed their community and culture before 2011 -- Did the Arab Techies boost the 2011 uprisings? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4 Resisting 'Resistance': On Political Feeling in Arabic Rap Concerts -- Political activity: subjects and agency -- The discourse of depoliticisation: resistance and neoliberalism -- Political feeling -- Objection -- Confrontation -- Repetition -- Conclusion -- Rethinking subcultures through and after the Arab uprisings -- Notes -- Bibliography.

Objectives: Although beneficial effects of yoga and similar procedures on mental and physical health have been reported, few well controlled studies have been published describing these effects. To determine the effects of yoga intervention on anxiety, depression and stress, a controlled trial comparing yoga practice and conventional physical exercises was performed. Methods: The research protocol was approved by a research ethics committee (006/08 - CEP/UFRN, CAAE 0006.0.051.000-08, advice 021/2008).Thirty six healthy military men aged twenty to forty-five years were included in the study. Subjects were randomized to six months of Hatha yoga classes, or military exercise class as a control for regular exercise. Outcome assessments performed at baseline and at the end of the 6-month period included anxiety, depression and stress inventories, and determination of salivary cortisol levels. Results: Only yoga practice subjects presented significant decrements in stress, anxiety and depression scores in 6-month measurements compared to baseline values, indicating significant improvements of psychological parameters in the Yoga practice group compared to the conventional physical exercises group. In addition, a decrease in salivary cortisol levels was also find only for yoga practice group (basal measurement: 1,54ug/dL + 0,68 – yoga and 0,84ug/dL + 0,64 – control; after 6 months: 0,48ug/dL + 0,51 – yoga and 1,30ug/dL + 0,71 – control). Conclusions: The results showed psychophysiological improvements in all parameters evaluated, suggesting a potential therapeutic benefit of this kind of intervention in anxiety, depression or stress-related conditions and their possible consequences to general health.

The purpose of the article is to identify the features of adaptation of oriental theatrical, physical, and spiritual practices by representatives of the European theater in the process of developing methods of actor training based on the analysis of acting training of leading directors of the twentieth century. - K. Stanislavsky, E. Grotovsky, E. Barba. Methodology. A typological method was used (to determine the specifics of acting training methods by K. Stanislavsky, E. Grotovsky, and E. Barba; interpretive method and method of comparative analysis (to identify common and different aspects of interpretation of Eastern practices by European directors); phenomenological method (to identify features of Eastern and spiritual practices and their adaptation to acting training), etc. Scientific novelty The specifics of borrowing and interpretation of traditional in East, Southeast, and Central Asia elements of actor training by Russian and European theater directors of the twentieth century are considered. K. Stanislavsky, E. Grotovsky, and E. Barba and revealed the peculiarities of adaptation by theater directors and teachers of elements of hatha yoga and Raja Yoga in accordance with their own understanding of the purpose of training in the art of acting. Conclusions. Various elements of traditional Western and Eastern cultural practices have been the focus of twentieth-century theater directors. in the process of developing innovative methods and techniques of educating the actor. Their research of local theatrical cultures contributed to the search for universal laws of stage conventionality, new acting methods of self-knowledge, and the disclosure of their own creative potential. In their own search for methods of educating the actor theater directors of the twentieth century. turn to the Eastern worldview, because the extraordinary method and a special view of the nature of consciousness and its functioning in the world contributes to the creation of training to solve a number of applied problems in the context of the specifics of acting. Translating material (Eastern practices) into a Western conceptual structure or any kind of synthesis of Eastern and Western concepts, simplifying, does not reveal the full depth of Eastern practices and religious orientations, but contributes to the actor's mastery of innovative methodological approaches, including intuitive insights, contemplation, contemplation. etc.

Relevance. A comprehensive analysis of the scientific and scientific-methodical literature of domestic and foreign authors gives reason to argue that the problems of physical recreation and improving physical fitness were the subject of a significant amount of research. It was determined that physical recreation is part of the physical culture of society, can be considered as a separate area of physical education and at the same time as a component of the physical education system of various population groups. Physical recreation has specific functions, goals, objectives, main features, development factors, means and organizational forms. At the same time, studies of the problems of the historical development of physical recreation, in particular, determining the prerequisites for its occurrence and patterns of development as a segment of a person's active leisure in various socio- economic formations (including feudal ones), there are practically no such studies. The goal is to determine and disclose factors of influence on the development of recreational forms of physical culture in the countries of the East in the Middle Ages (mid-V-mid-XVII century). Research Methods. In the research process, the following methods were used: analysis and synthesis of data from the scientific and methodological literature; system analysis method; chronological method, historical-logical method, descriptive method; comparative method. The Results of the Study. Recreational forms of physical culture in the era of feudalism developed under the influence of religious, political, socio-economic factors. Among the most developed peoples of medieval Asia (India, China, Japan), elements of feudal society arose earlier than in Europe and had certain differences. Unlike Christianity, the religions that dominated these regions did not deny the importance of physical culture and even actively influenced its practical health systems (Buddhism contributed to the development of hatha yoga). The historical significance of the forms of active leisure in Asia lies in the fact that their rational nature played the role of social self-regulation, which distinguished them from the European physical culture of a recreational direction. Conclusions. Various social needs of this period, conditions, local traditions contributed to the diversity of forms of leisure and culture, which are differentiated by social characteristics. ; Актуальность. Всесторонний анализ научной и научно-методической литературы отечественных и зарубежных авторов дает основания утверждать, что проблемы физической рекреации и оздоровительной физической культуры были предметом значительного количества исследований. Определено, что физическая рекреация является частью физической культуры общества, может рассматриваться как отдельное направление физкультурной деятельности и одновременно как составляющая системы физического воспитания различных групп населения. Физическая рекреация имеет специфические функции, цели, задачи, основные признаки, факторы развития, средства и организационные формы. Вместе с этим, исследований проблематики исторического развития физической рекреации, в частности определения предпосылок ее возникновения и закономерностей развития как сегмента активного досуга человека в разные общественно-экономические формации (в том числе феодальной), то такие исследования практически отсутствуют. Цель – определить и раскрыть факторы влияния на развитие рекреационных форм физической культуры в странах Востока в Средние века (середина V – середина XVII в.). Методы исследо- вания. В процессе исследования использованы такие методы: анализ и обобщение данных научно- методической литературы; метод системного анализа; хронологический метод, историко-логический метод, описательный метод; компаративный метод. Результаты исследования. Рекреационные формы физической культуры в эпоху феодализма развивались под влиянием религиозных, политических, социально-эконо- мических факторов. У наиболее развитых народов средневековой Азии (Индия, Китай, Япония) элементы феодального общества возникли раньше, чем в Европе и имели определенные отличия. В отличие от христианства, религии, которые господствовали в этих регионах, не отрицали значения физической культуры идаже активно влияли на ее практические оздоровительные системы (буддизм способствовал развитию хатха- йоги). Историческое значение форм активного досуга в Азии состоит в том, что их рациональная сущность осуществляла роль общественного саморегулирования, что отличало их от европейской физической культуры рекреативного направления. Выводы. Различные общественные потребности этого периода, условия, местные традиции способствовали разнообразию форм досуга и культуры, которые дифференцируются по социальным признакам. ; Актуальність. Усебічний аналіз наукової й науково-методичної літератури вітчизняних та зарубіжних авторів дає підстави стверджувати, що проблеми фізичної рекреації та оздоровчої фізичної культури були предметом значної кількості досліджень. Визначено, що фізична рекреація є частиною фізичної культури суспільства, може розглядатися як окремий напрям фізкультурної діяльності й водночас як складова частина системи фізичного виховання різних груп населення. Фізична рекреація має специфічні функції, мету, завдання, основні ознаки, чинники розвитку, засоби та організаційні форми. Водночас, що стосується досліджень проблеми історичного розвитку фізичної рекреації, а саме визначення передумов її виникнення й законо- мірностей розвитку як сегменту активного дозвілля людини в різні суспільно-економічні формації (у тому числі феодальної), то такі дослідження практично відсутні. Мета – визначити та розкрити чинники впливу на розвиток рекреаційних форм фізичної культури в країнах Сходу в середні віки (середина V – середина XVII ст.). Методи дослідження. У процесі дослідження використано такі методи: аналіз та узагальнення даних науково-методичної літератури; метод системного аналізу; хронологічний метод; історико-логічний метод; описовий метод; компаративний метод. Результати дослідження. Рекреаційні форми фізичної культури в епоху феодалізму розвивалися під впливом релігійних, політичних, соціально-економічних чинників. У найбільш розвинених народів середньовічної Азії (Індія, Китай, Японія) елементи феодального суспільства виникли раніше, ніж у Європі й мали певні відмінності. На відміну від християнства, релігії, які панували в цих регіонах, не заперечували фізичної культури, а навіть активно впливали на її практичні оздоровчі системи (буддизм сприяв розвитку хатха-йоги). Історичне значення форм активного дозвілля в Азії полягає в тому, що їх раціональна сутність виконувала роль суспільного саморегулювання, що відрізняло їх від європейської фізичної культури рекреативного спрямування. Висновки. Різноманітні суспільні потреби цього періоду, умови, місцеві традиції сприяли різноманітності форм дозвілля й фізичної культури, які диференціюються за соціальними ознаками.