Abstract
The author explores her experience of yoga as a therapeutic tool in recovering from the impact of losing a close friend to suicide. The benefits of yoga include improved emotional self-regulation, a more positive relationship with self, and the emergence of a new personal physical reality. An autoethnographical approach permits a necessarily ambiguous and messy in-depth exploration of yoga as a resource for well-being. Nevertheless, it is hoped that it will serve as a means of promoting further study into the role of cultural resources, particularly body-based practices, as means of coming to terms with traumatic loss.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 279-291 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Illness Crisis and Loss |
Volume | 24 |
Issue number | 4 |
Early online date | 22 Jul 2016 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Oct 2016 |
Keywords
- Autoethnography
- Body
- Coping
- Friendship
- Grief
- Suicide
- Yoga