• Login
    View Item 
    •   MINDS@UW Home
    • MINDS@UW Stevens Point
    • College of Professional Studies
    • School of Education
    • Doctor of Education in Educational Sustainability
    • Dissertations
    • View Item
    •   MINDS@UW Home
    • MINDS@UW Stevens Point
    • College of Professional Studies
    • School of Education
    • Doctor of Education in Educational Sustainability
    • Dissertations
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Regenerative Selves: Yoga as a Pedagogy for Cultivating Relationality

    Thumbnail
    File(s)
    Full-text dissertation (2.392Mb)
    Date
    2020-04-16
    Author
    Payne, Lynn Ellen
    Publisher
    School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
    Advisor(s)
    Parajuli, Pramod
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Abstract
    This study explored whether and in what ways Yoga could cultivate relationality among practitioners and enable them to live sustainably and regeneratively through creating regenerative selves. It examined whether and how practitioners used Yoga as a tool to cultivate relationality in the continuum between interiority and exteriority. The study explored relationality and the meaning-making experiences of female Yoga practitioners at a Yoga studio located in Wisconsin. Its design included both the teachers and students for an expansive view of relationality within Yoga practices. In Part 1, I observed Yoga classes focusing on how teachers perceive and practice relationality within their Yoga teachings. I also interviewed teachers to explore their perception and practice of relationality within their teachings and practice. In Part 2, ten Yoga students were interviewed using open-ended questions that explored relationality based on a model of contemporary Eight Limbs of Yoga to capture deep meanings. Students reported in journals on their perceptions and practices of relationality in a small-group Yoga class and guided-visualization sessions. I used interpretive phenomenological analysis to develop one over-arching theme and three sub-themes. Themes were drawn for further research and recommendations for the fields of Yoga, transformative learning, and regenerative education.
    Subject
    yoga
    regenerative education
    transformative learning
    living systems theory
    relationality
    sustainability education
    Permanent Link
    http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/80371
    Type
    Dissertation
    Part of
    • Dissertations

    Contact Us | Send Feedback
     

     

    Browse

    All of MINDS@UWCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjects

    My Account

    Login

    Contact Us | Send Feedback