Spiritualities of the Body: Yoga, Spirituality and Health in Italy

Modern postural yoga, a body–mind practice developed in the last hundred and fifty years at the intersection of therapeutic, fitness and spiritual logics, is experiencing an unprecedented worldwide diffusion, including in Italy. This article, relying on discourse analysis of three yoga manuals and t...

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Main Author: Placido, Matteo Di (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2023
In: Religions
Year: 2023, Volume: 14, Issue: 12
Further subjects:B Spirituality
B Health
B cultural pragmatics
B imaginaries of health
B Italy
B Yoga
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