Why non-story matters: A feminist autoethnography of embodied meditation technique in processing emotional pain

Saraswati argues that non-story also matters when processing emotions, and tells different stories of feminism. She explores feminist underpinnings, interpretations, and implications of a specific embodied meditation technique--the no-mind therapy--for the ways in which people process emotions. She...

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Published inWomen's studies international forum Vol. 73; pp. 1 - 7
Main Author Saraswati, L. Ayu
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2019
Elsevier Science Ltd
Subjects
Autoethnography
Emotions
Feminism
Meditation
Pain
Personal experiences
Womens studies
Nepal
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Summary:Saraswati argues that non-story also matters when processing emotions, and tells different stories of feminism. She explores feminist underpinnings, interpretations, and implications of a specific embodied meditation technique--the no-mind therapy--for the ways in which people process emotions. She reflects on her own personal experiences of practicing no-mind therapy, a method that uses gibberish as its starting point, in an ashram in Nepal.
ISSN:0277-5395
1879-243X
DOI:10.1016/j.wsif.2019.01.003