Eastern Practices and Nordic Bodies

Introducing Eastern Practices and Nordic Bodies.- Part I Embodiment, Movements, and Practices.- Catharsis in the Spruce Forest: Osho Meditations and Therapy at a Spiritual Retreat in Norway.- Getting Past the Ego: Modern Advaita and the Cultivation of a Nondual Habitus.- Modern Yoga and the Nordic Body: Between Authenticity and Cultural Appropriation.- Kirtan: Music, Emotion, and Belonging in Finnish Holistic Spirituality.- Art of Living and Transcendental Meditation: Eastern Practices for the “Scientifically Minded Westerner”.- Part II Aesthetics, Nature, and New Contexts.- Embodying Qi in the Nordic Countries: The Healing Practices of Zhineng Qigong.- Aikido’s Spirituality and Transplantation in the Nordic Countries: Spirituality in the Asian Martials Art.- Towards Watery and Vibrating Bodies: Finnish Bodies Learning Tibetan Sound Healing.- Meditation and Other New Spiritual Practices in the Church of Sweden.- Acem and the Psychology of Meditation: The Inner History of a Living Practice.- Shinrin-Yoku in Sweden: The Political Significance of Embodiment and Sensory Attention in Nature.- Starving the Animal Within: Vegetarianism as Spiritual Development and Eastern Wisdom in Early Swedish Theosophy.