I Am My Body: Objectification, Empowering Embodiment, and Physical Activity in Women’s Studies Students’ Accounts

2011 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 441-460 ◽  
Author(s):  
Satu Liimakka
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Young Woman ◽  
Women's Studies ◽  
Young Women ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Experience ◽  
Body Objectification ◽  
Women’S Studies ◽  
Body Experiences ◽  
The Mind

Drawing on Merleau-Ponty and Bourdieu, this article explores corporeal ways to modify the somewhat anxiety-filled bodily habit(us) of many young women. The article is based on accounts of body experience written by Finnish women’s studies students. In the article, I demonstrate how experiences of overcoming the mind/body dichotomy and connecting the body with the surrounding world disrupted the young women’s habitual experience of an alienated body. I argue that a corporeal agency that arises within physical actions and situations can modify a troublesome habit(us) and enable a young woman to transform her habitual self-body-world relation. Moreover, I discuss how physical activity can facilitate empowering body experiences.

scholarly journals The Physical Body Experiences Questionnaire Simplified for Active Aging (PBE-QAG)

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giulia Cossu ◽  
Emilio Loi ◽  
Mauro Giovanni Carta ◽  
Alessia Bramanti
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Body Awareness ◽  
The Body ◽  
Active Aging ◽  
Cronbach’S Alpha ◽  
Physical Body ◽  
Cronbach's Alpha ◽  
Body Experiences

Background: The physical activity has been indicated as an experience that can help achieve positive, self-oriented own body awareness. This awareness is an aspect that tends to get worse with age. Objective: Our study aims to verify the internal consistency of a questionnaire on physical awareness in a sample of Italian elders; a secondary objective is to measure if there is a relationship between physical awareness and perceived level of physical activity. Methods: Cross sectional study on a consecutive sample of elderly people was administered the “Physical Body Experiences Questionnaire simplified for active aging (PBE-QAG)”, inspired by the “Physical Body Experiences Questionnaire”, modified, simplified and adapted to be used in the elderly over 65. To elderly people the International Physical Activity Questionnaire. Cronbach’s alpha was also used to assess internal reliability of the total PBE-QAG. The factor structure was evaluated through Confirmatory Factor Analyses (CFAs). Results: The Cronbach’s alpha was 0.8 for the “body-mind relationship” scale, 0.81 for the “accepting your body” scale, 0.83 for the “awareness of physical skills” scale, and 0.65 for the “awareness of physical limits” scale. Cronbach’s alpha for the total PBE-QAG was 0.89. The CFA indicated a model with the 4 factors (CFI = 0.989, TLI = 0.984, RMSEA = 0.076). People who conducted physical activity assiduously or regularly and over 10 minutes showed a better score to the PBE-QAG than those who declared a sporadic activity and for “less than 10 minute”, respectively. Conclusion: Our study revealed that the PBE-QAG shows an excellent total internal consistency. In the Italian sample of elderly people the questionnaire shows the model with the 4 factors described in literature.

Body-Mind Dissociation, Altered States, and Alter Worlds

2020 ◽  
Vol 68 (5) ◽  
pp. 769-806
Author(s):  
Peter Goldberg
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
The Body ◽  
Altered States Of Consciousness ◽  
Altered States ◽  
States Of Mind ◽  
Body Experience ◽  
States Of Consciousness ◽  
Life Of The Mind ◽  
The Mind

A psychosomatic model of dissociation is proposed that addresses the ever adjusting mind-body relation—the constant titration of the quality and degree of the psyche’s embeddedness in the sensorial and temporal life of the body. The model highlights the function of hypnoid mechanisms (autohypnosis, distraction, somatic autostimulation) and of altered states of consciousness in facilitating and masking the work of mind-body dissociation. Transient altered states, which enable new and creative forms of mind-body experience in everyday life and in the therapy situation, are contrasted with pathological forms of retreat into alter worlds—rigidly organized, timeless, often inescapable trancelike states of mind-body dislocation. These pathological dissociative structures reshape the life of the mind and of the body, requiring new clinical approaches to these phenomena.

Six feet over: Out-of-body experiences and their relevance to the folk psychology of souls

2006 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 478-479 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Kemmerer ◽  
Rupa Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Multisensory Integration ◽  
Folk Psychology ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Experience ◽  
Out Of Body Experience ◽  
Body Experiences ◽  
The World

During an out-of-body experience (OBE), one sees the world and one's own body from an extracorporeal visuospatial perspective. OBEs reflect disturbances in brain systems dedicated to multisensory integration and self-processing. However, they have traditionally been interpreted as providing evidence for a soul that can depart the body after death. This mystical view is consistent with Bering's proposal that psychological immortality is the cognitive default.

The Advent of Parapsychology and the Figuration of “Out-of-the-Body Experiences” (1880–1930)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jens Schlieter
Keyword(s):  
Significant Contribution ◽  
William James ◽  
Life Review ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Experience ◽  
Filter Theory ◽  
Body Experiences ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Near Death Experiences ◽  
The Brain

This chapter outlines how the term “out-of-the-body experience” emerged in spiritualist and parapsychological literature. As is shown, “psychical researchers” such as Frederic W. Myers and William James made a significant contribution. The chapter also deals with the “filter” theory or “transmission” theory, i.e., the idea of the brain as a means for the inhibition of consciousness. This theory, as is shown, has been developed in close interaction with phenomena “near death”—in particular, the “panoramic life review.” The filter theory, discussed in subsequent chapters 2.6. and 2.7, too, is still favored by many recent protagonists of near-death experiences (e.g., Moody). Finally, the chapter turns to the increase of autoscopic out-of-body experiences, discussed as a phenomenon attesting a changing relationship of the disembodied consciousness toward its own body.

Mediterranean diet and physical activity: An intervention study. Does olive oil exercise the body through the mind?

2013 ◽  
Vol 168 (4) ◽  
pp. 4408-4409 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela Catalano ◽  
Guglielmo M. Trovato ◽  
Patrizia Pace ◽  
Giuseppe Fabio Martines ◽  
Francesca M. Trovato
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Olive Oil ◽  
Mediterranean Diet ◽  
Intervention Study ◽  
The Body ◽  
Diet And Physical Activity ◽  
The Mind

scholarly journals A Review of the Effects of Physical Activity and Exercise on Cognitive and Brain Functions in Older Adults

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louis Bherer ◽  
Kirk I. Erickson ◽  
Teresa Liu-Ambrose
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
The Body ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Healthy Older Adults ◽  
Brain Functions ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Physical Activity And Exercise ◽  
The Mind

Studies supporting the notion that physical activity and exercise can help alleviate the negative impact of age on the body and the mind abound. This literature review provides an overview of important findings in this fast growing research domain. Results from cross-sectional, longitudinal, and intervention studies with healthy older adults, frail patients, and persons suffering from mild cognitive impairment and dementia are reviewed and discussed. Together these finding suggest that physical exercise is a promising nonpharmaceutical intervention to prevent age-related cognitive decline and neurodegenerative diseases.

scholarly journals EDUKASI PEMBERIAN STRETCHING DAN NEUROMUSKULAR TAPING DALAM MENGURANGI NYERI HAID PRIMER (DISMENORE PRIMER) PADA REMAJA PUTRI

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 76-81
Author(s):  
Ismaningsih . ◽  
Sara Herlina ◽  
Nurmaliza .
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Young Woman ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Pharmacological Treatment ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Daily Activities ◽  
Menstrual Pain ◽  
Mild Pain ◽  
Activity Restrictions

Menstruation is a physiological thing that happens to every young woman. But in reality many women experience menstrual problems, including menstrual pain / dysmenorrhea. Menstrual pain / dysmenorrhea is a gynecological complaint due to an imbalance in the hormone progesterone in the blood, causing pain. About 20-90% of cases of menstrual pain occur during adolescence and are associated with physical activity restrictions and absences from school or work. Dysmenorrhea also causes learning activities in the learning process to be disrupted, concentration decreases and none even exists so that the material provided during ongoing learning cannot be captured by young women who are experiencing dysmenorrhea. Therefore dysmenorrhea in adolescents needs to get attention so as to provide appropriate non-pharmacological treatment. The aim of this program is to provide education and understanding to young women related to dysmenorrhea by giving appropriate interventions pharmacologically, namely by stretching intervention and neuromuscular taping. The location of this activity was carried out at SMA 2 Siak Hulu.. After training in adolescents about interventions that can be done for dysmenorrhea / menstrual pain measured using VAS. Evaluation results stated that from 21 people who were given intervention 19 people (90.5%) did not experience menstrual pain and 2 people (9.4%) experienced mild pain. It is expected that young women can find out information about the management of dysmenorrhea so as not to be absent and also unable to carry out daily activities at school or at home

The Confines of Habit

Moonlighting ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 107-136
Author(s):  
Nathan Waddell
Keyword(s):  
Young Woman ◽  
Virginia Woolf ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Dorothy Richardson ◽  
The Mind ◽  
Period Model ◽  
Piano Playing

The focus of this chapter is on how certain modernist writers, principally E. M. Forster, Virginia Woolf, and Dorothy Richardson, dramatized the Beethoven-focused experiences of piano-playing young women. Concentrating above all on Richardson’s Pilgrimage, the chapter suggests that the depictions of Beethoven’s music in Richardson’s ‘mega-novel’ represent an attempt to fly by the nets of a musicological tradition—the three-period model of dividing up Beethoven’s career—which had long since defined the terms of how that music is supposedly meant to be categorized and, in being categorized, valued. Whereas the emphasis in Forster’s and Woolf’s work is on what those not playing Beethoven’s music make of the player, the emphasis in Richardson’s is on what the player (and listener) makes of Beethoven. This shift indicates an attempt to get inside and therefore authorize the mind of the young woman pianist, to account for her experiences in a prose that substantiates her moments of being through extended sequences of musical impressions.

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