Pranayama: Breathing from the Heart

Author: Kearney, Richard1

Source: Religion and the Arts, Volume 12, Numbers 1-3, 2008 , pp. 266-276(11)

Publisher: BRILL

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Abstract:

This essay is a testimonial account of the author's apprenticeship with a yoga teacher in the Hindu pilgrimage town of Rishikesh, Northern India. It explores the meeting of Western and Eastern attitudes to spirituality, desire, the body, study, and breathing. In particular, it seeks to register the encounter with the Vedantin and yogic notions of the "cave of the heart" as privileged space for prayer, peace, and meditation.

Keywords: ADVAITA; BREATH; CAVE; DESIRE; GUHA; GURU; HEART; YOGA

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1163/156852908X271060

Affiliations: 1: Boston College

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