Perceptions of the environment: an ethnographic study of sensory awareness and environmental activism among south Florida yoga practitioners

Author

• Meagan L. Weisner

Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

2015

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Cameron, Mary

Abstract

The practice of yoga is an increasingly popularized movement within the West that incorporates the desire for physical fitness, spiritual consciousness, and environmentalism. Emanating from the New Age movement, the popularity of yoga has proliferated as a subculture that seeks to encourage mind–body wellbeing while representing an ethos that assumes environmental responsibility. This thesis examines the techniques of modern yoga and the influence that asana (posture) and meditational relaxation have on the senses and subsequently on environmental awareness and activism.

Extent

101 p.

Comments

Includes bibliography.|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2015.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Includes bibliography.

Recommended Citation

Weisner, Meagan L., "Perceptions of the environment: an ethnographic study of sensory awareness and environmental activism among south Florida yoga practitioners" (2015). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019. 1278.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_6/1278

Identifier

FA00004418

Format

pdf