Yoga , imaginary and spiritualist theories of education: a study of a case

Authors

  • Denise Gelain Universidade de Passo Fundo (UPF)
  • Graciela Rene Ormezzano Universidade de Passo Fundo (UPF)

Keywords:

Teachers, Yoga, Imaginary, Aesthetic education.

Abstract

The paper aims to present a qualitative research based in imaginary and spiritualists theories. The objective was to research the meaning of yoga practices with six teachers of Associação de Pais e Amigos dos Excepcionais, in a city of Rio Grande do Sul, NW. To collect datas it was realized an aesthetic education workshop, with seven meetings centered in the practice of koshas, afterwards, the iconographic collective interview was answered through drawings and for the interpretation the Transtextual Singular Reading developed by Ormezzano (2001). The results brought that yoga wake up in the interviewers the necessity of personal remeaning and an approach to spiritual dimension. Yoga, as a philosophy of life, with teachers, could be understand as audacious direction, but necessary to the process of developing these professionals in their multiples dimensions, to get more harmony and equilibrium at their lives and well-being.

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Gelain, D., & Ormezzano, G. R. (2009). Yoga , imaginary and spiritualist theories of education: a study of a case. Education, 34(3), 501–512. Retrieved from https://periodicos.ufsm.br/reveducacao/article/view/1611

Issue

educação v. 34, n. 3, set./dez. 2009

Section

Dossier: The Imaginary and Education

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