Book: Thinking in Āsana
Chapter: Prologue
Blurb:
This part of the monograph introduces the theme of the study as well as its basic methodological assumptions. It gives an overview of my aims related to pursuing this study and discusses briefly my position as a researcher and an author. It provides the general information about the yoga systems I discuss and summarises the basic tenets of enactivism. It elucidates some technical issues regarding methodology and terminology, and clarifies some reservations pertaining to the scope of the study and its claims. It also summarises the contents of the rest of the book, providing the reader with its outline.