The ‘world of yoga’: The production and reproduction of therapeutic landscapes

Hoyez, Anne-Cécile

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.02.050

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“…By providing evidence of their curative efficacy, such green/ blue space elements became influential in the design of formal and informal care settings such as hospitals, clinics and retreats as well as in wider urban design (Kaplan, 1995;Gesler et al, 2004;Conradson, 2005aConradson, , 2005bCurtis et al, 2007). Different forms of water -still, flowing, raging, spiritually charged -were additional built components, particularly in retreat, CAM and contemporary spa settings (Conradson, 2007;Hoyez, 2007;Lea, 2008;Foley, 2010;Little, 2013). Hoyez's study of 'yogic landscapes' showed how therapeutic landscapes were reproduced and globalised; within which sacred water and wider 'blue settings' of water and sky were considered essential components in the (re)production of wellbeing.…”

Section: Writing Healthy Blue Spacementioning

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Blue space geographies: Enabling health in place

2015

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a b s t r a c tDrawing from research on therapeutic landscapes and relationships between environment, health and wellbeing, we propose the idea of 'healthy blue space' as an important new development Complementing research on healthy green space, blue space is defined as; 'health-enabling places and spaces, where water is at the centre of a range of environments with identifiable potential for the promotion of human wellbeing'. Using theoretical ideas from emotional and relational geographies and critical understandings of salutogenesis, the value of blue space to health and wellbeing is recognised and evaluated. Six individual papers from five different countries consider how health can be enabled in mixed blue space settings. Four sub-themes; embodiment, inter-subjectivity, activity and meaning, document multiple experiences within a range of healthy blue spaces. Finally, we suggest a considerable research agenda -theoretical, methodological and applied -for future work within different forms of blue space. All are suggested as having public health policy relevance in social and public space.

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Section: Writing Healthy Blue Spacementioning

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Blue space geographies: Enabling health in place

2015

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“…Approximately 14.9 million Americans and half a million Britons are estimated to incorporate some form of this practice into their lives [1,2]. Given that yoga is now widely available, from being offered in yoga centres to shopping malls, this should come as no surprise.…”

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The Yoga Boom in Western Society: Practitioners’ Spiritual vs. Physical Intentions and Their Impact on Psychological Wellbeing

Ivtzan¹,

Jegatheeswaran²

2015

J Yoga Phys Ther

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“…This intentional community welcomes all religious denominations and belief systems, and recognizes the similar values that the entire world's religions share: service, generosity, love, peace, and prayer. Following the work of Hoyez (2007), in her research on the world of yoga as a therapeutic landscape, this work in progress outlines the possibilities for yoga as a path to peace.…”

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The therapeutic landscapes concept as a mobilizing tool for liberation

Williams¹

2017

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In this reflection, I argue for using the therapeutic landscapes concept as a tool for mobilizing positive change in the world. I first lay out three major research areas in therapeutic landscapes inquiry, and provide a review of similarities in this area of inquiry in both health geography and medical anthropology. Next, I argue for the application of the therapeutic landscapes concept in liberating, if even in a small way, the growing population of the most vulnerable in our society, countries, and the world. I note two anthropological contributions that illustrate how the concept of therapeutic landscapes can be employed in liberating vulnerability, before discussing a work in progress, specific to an intentional ashram community with a mandate dedicated to world peace. I conclude by setting out the importance of this new direction for the future application of the therapeutic landscape concept as a tool for liberation.

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The ‘world of yoga’: The production and reproduction of therapeutic landscapes

Cited by 91 publications

References 21 publications

Blue space geographies: Enabling health in place

Blue space geographies: Enabling health in place

The Yoga Boom in Western Society: Practitioners’ Spiritual vs. Physical Intentions and Their Impact on Psychological Wellbeing

The therapeutic landscapes concept as a mobilizing tool for liberation

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