Link to the Rosemarie Anderson’s paper on embodied writing assigned in class….
ABSTRACT: Embodied writing seeks to reveal the lived experience of the body by portraying in words the finely textured experience of the body and evoking sympathetic resonance in readers. Introduced into the research endeavor in an effort to describe human experience and especially transpersonal experiences more closely to how they are truly lived, embodied writing is itself an act of embodiment, entwining in words our senses with the senses of the world. This article describes the collaborative efforts of faculty and students over a five-year period to develop embodied writing as an alternative or adjunct to conventional report writing often found wanting of the body’s full experience. Seven distinctive features of embodied writing are described and illustrated with examples. On-going studies using embodied writing as a means of collecting data, motivating participants, and reporting findings are explored. The author concludes with reflections on the nature of embodiment, lessons learned in developing embodied writing
Anderson, R. (2001). Embodied writing and reflections on embodiment. Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 33 (2), 83-98.
Resources
For those who are interested, take some time to check out Anderson’s book on the topic of research
Transforming Self and Others Through Research
you can take a look at the first chapter of this book here…. at the end of this chapter you will find a great little history of the transpersonal movement…..
