Yoga Psychology Synthesis An Integrative Model for Whole-Person Wellness

With the growing development of yoga psychology, there is an increasing need for whole-person yoga psychology frameworks that showcase a comprehensive representation of human consciousness and personality, as well as the process of psychospiritual growth and development. While most yoga psychologies put emphasis on the transcendent dimension of consciousness, the purpose of this dissertation was to develop a whole-person yoga psychology model that embraced both the transcendent and immanent dimensions of human personality. The proposed model utilized Integral Yoga Psychology (IYP) as the foundational framework for creating a new whole person psychology model based on the synthesis of two holistic systems-IYP and Ananda Marga (AM). An integrative hermeneutic approach was employed to provide the research strategy for the development of the new model. This involved an in depth hermeneutic analysis of the whole-person principles and distinct features that pertain to a whole-person psychology in IYP and AM. The whole-person principles derived from the literature analysis are wholeness of personality,

• | Author: Niu Mee
• | Publisher: Mee Niu
• | Publication Date: Mar 20, 2023
• | Number of Pages: 212 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 6294941563
• | ISBN-13: 9786294941564