Yoga practices as identity capital
Preliminary notes from Turku, Finland
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16646154 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Måns Broo (0000-0002-3654-5251, Åbo Akademi University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Pages | 24-34 |
| Publication date | 2012-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis (CONFERENCE) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0582-3226 • E-ISSN: 2343-4937 |
| Publisher | Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.30674/scripta.67406 |
| OpenAlex | W2100834573 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
As elsewhere in Finland, different types of yoga practices are popular in the city of Åbo/Turku. But how do practitioners view their own relationship to their practice, and further, what do they feel that they as individuals gain from it? Through in-depth interviews with yoga teachers in the city of Turku, the author examines ways in which individuals, in what could be called a post-secular society, construct a meaningful sense of self and of individual agency. The observations offered in this article represent preliminary notes for a larger work on yoga in Turku, conducted at the ‘Post-Secular Culture and a Changing Religious Landscape’ research project at Åbo Akademi University, devoted to qualitative and ethnographic investigations of the changing religious landscape in Finland
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| Highly cited | No |