Sökning: "Meditation practices"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 20 uppsatser innehållade orden Meditation practices.
1. Zen Practice for the environment : A study of how Zen practice can help nurturing a healthy view of the environment
Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenSammanfattning : In this thesis, I explore how Zen can provide practices that help remedy the environmental problems that may arise from how the environment is viewed. I argue that two ingredients should be part of a good strategy to change how one views the environment. Firstly, a good strategy should not be in conflict with the worldview one holds. LÄS MER
2. Deep Breath - An auto-reflexive account of a collective journey into the healing practices of shared, embodied, breathing meditation
Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Religionshistoria och religionsbeteendevetenskapSammanfattning : When we first encounter past traumatic experiences in ourselves, we are left with a conundrum; how are we to move forward in our everyday lives and thrive, rather than just cope and survive? By participating in the Belly2Belly ritual, providing analytical reflections and a detailed account from an auto-reflexive perspective, I attempt in this thesis to show, through the Belly2Belly ritual, how participants progress from a state of ill-being into a state of well-being, a form of evolution of well-being. This, it can be argued, takes form when the ritual participants are provided with the opportunity to engage with their unconscious habitus and autonomous physiological reactions through embodiment of intimacy. LÄS MER
3. Upplevelse av mening i livet : En komparativ analys av två andliga praktiker
Magister-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenSammanfattning : Against the background of the Swedish western society characterized by secularization or religious complexity, researchers believe that religion will continue to have a great importance at the individual level. The reason is human nature to search for meaning, but the individual needs to search on her own. LÄS MER
4. From tranquilising to transforming : How can yoga practices address systemic patterns of oppression in order to cultivate liberation?
Master-uppsats, Linköpings universitet/Tema GenusSammanfattning : This study is an exploration of the practices of yoga teachers whose approaches are inscribed in social justice. Indeed, it attempts to understand how they find cohesion between a complex and spiritual discipline and their commitment to participate in anti-oppression. LÄS MER
5. The Challenges of Goenka’s Vipassana : How Participants of the Ten-Day Course Make Sense of the Intense Internal Experiences Induced by Vipassana Meditation
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Religionshistoria och religionsbeteendevetenskapSammanfattning : In this study, 28 individuals were interviewed about their experiences and interpretations of S. N. Goenka’s ten-day Vipassana course, which involves intense meditation practices. LÄS MER
