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THESIS Hatha Yoga as a Practice of Embodiment By Shiva Rea Bailey Master of Arts in Dance University of California, Los Angeles, 1997 Professor Irma Dosamantes-Beaudry, Chair Few of us have lost our minds, but many of us have long ago lost our bodies. Ken Wilber O friend, understand: the body is like an ocean, rich with hidden treasures. Open your inmost chamber and light its lamp. Within the body are gardens, rare flowers, peacocks, the inner Music; within the body a lake of bliss, on it the white soul-swans take their joy. Mirabai  This thesis is dedicated to my husband, James, for his everlasting love and support; and my mother, Vicki Rea, my first teacher of embodiment, for letting me rest on her belly until I got too big. TABLE OF CONTENTS TOC \o 1-3 \h \z HYPERLINK \l _Toc162245861 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS PAGEREF _Toc162245861 \h 6 HYPERLINK \l _Toc162245862 ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS PAGEREF _Toc162245862 \h 8 HYPERLINK \l _Toc162245863 Hatha Yoga as a Practice of Embodiment PAGEREF _Toc162245863 \h 8 HYPERLINK \l _Toc162245864 Introduction PAGEREF _Toc162245864 \h 9 HYPERLINK \l _Toc162245865 Chapter One: PAGEREF _Toc162245865 \h 11 HYPERLINK \l _Toc162245866 A Yogic View of Embodiment PAGEREF _Toc162245866 \h 11 HYPERLINK \l _Toc162245867 Definition of Yoga and Hatha Yoga PAGEREF _Toc162245867 \h 11 HYPERLINK \l _Toc162245868 Indian Bodily Practice and the Cultural Context for Hatha Yoga PAGEREF _Toc162245868 \h 12 HYPERLINK \l _Toc162245869 A Brief History of the Evolution of Yoga Asanas and Hatha Yoga PAGEREF _Toc162245869 \h 13 HYPERLINK \l _Toc162245870 Out this renaissance, a new form of bodily practice, hatha yoga, emerged. PAGEREF _Toc162245870 \h 15 HYPERLINK \l _Toc162245871 The Tantric Worldview: A Yogic Perspective of Embodiment PAGEREF _Toc162245871 \h 16 HYPERLINK \l _Toc162245872 Emergence of the Feminine PAGEREF _Toc162245872 \h 17 HYPERLINK \l _Toc162245873 Union of Polarities PAGEREF _Toc162245873 \h 17 H