Open AccessThe Yoga Mat
Author(s) -
Gillian Lemermeyer
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
phenomenology and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1913-4711
DOI - 10.29173/pandpr29350
Subject(s) - phenomenology (philosophy) , aesthetics , space (punctuation) , clinical practice , psychotherapist , psychology , medicine , epistemology , philosophy , physical therapy , linguistics
After centuries of yoga practice without any specialized surface, the yoga mat now seems to have become a nearly indispensable part of the practice. This phenomenology explores the intimations, the intimacy, and the space of the yoga mat in its everyday usage. It seems that the mat convenes a sacred space not only for the practice of yoga but of the practice of yoga.