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Integral Consciousness and Sport

Author : Scott Ford
Publisher : Outskirts Press
ISBN 13 : 1478769262
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (787 download)

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Download or read book Integral Consciousness and Sport written by Scott Ford and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2016-03-11 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every so often, a rather remarkable disclosure reveals itself that can change our worldview. It can occur through contemplation, reverie, insight, revelation, reading, writing, or for many, actual physical practice. Scott Ford has had such a moment of practice, and his world has never been the same. After reading Scott’s book, perhaps our world will be permanently altered as well. In using his Parallel Mode Process, we are taken into one of the most revered and hallowed places in sports. Ford’s work allows us to abide in the living, breathing essence of the zone, dance in the flow state, and train into it. The book is both a technical as well as intuitive discussion of a new way of contextualizing one’s athletic experience, engaging both left and right brain consciousness, and resulting in nothing less than a satori experience. By engaging in the practice of living in ever-present moment-to-moment awareness, the author creates a non-local consciousness experience that is life-changing. Thus, through Scott’s highly refined work, we enter into the Witness state, a revered state of consciousness that is both unitive and integrated. Sport is the great Western metaphor, a potent medium that teaches us how to realize our sometimes dormant capacities, and at the same time translate the learning into everyday situations. The lessons learned from this book apply directly to all walks of life. Hence, Scott’s discoveries take us into the union of East and West, the spirit and the flesh, through tennis, sport and life. You may never look at a tennis ball in the same way. Barry Robbins, Vice President of ITP International- Senior Teacher and Lineage Holder of ITP (Integral Transformative Practice) Founding Member: Sports, Energy, and Consciousness Group

Thunderbird Spirit

Author : Sigmund Brouwer
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1554697506
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (546 download)

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Download or read book Thunderbird Spirit written by Sigmund Brouwer and published by Orca Book Publishers. This book was released on 2008-11-01 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hockey stars Mike "Crazy" Keats and his new friend, Dakota, are caught in a web of violence which makes winning a championship the least of their concerns. Dakota Smith is in trouble. But Mike "Crazy" Keats doesn't care. He is new to the Seattle Thunderbirds, and Dakota seems like a good guy to have for a friend. Unfortunately, not everyone accepts Dakota's Native North American heritage so easily.

Spirit and Sport

Author : Sean Samuel O'Neil
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN 13 : 162190735X
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (219 download)

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Download or read book Spirit and Sport written by Sean Samuel O'Neil and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2022-05-01 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Spirit and Sport: Religion and the Fragile Athletic Body in Popular Culture, Sean O’Neil studies the intersectionality of religion and disability as it exists within contemporary sports. To do so, he calls to the forefront various contemporary stories about trauma and disability—some fictional, others biographical—and examines how we tell and interpret these stories within the frameworks of athletic activity, competition, failure, and success. O’Neil studies a wide range of perspectives, from John Irving’s A Prayer for Owen Meany and the big-screen’s Signs to the experiences of real-life athletes like Tim Tebow, Muhammad Ali, and Bethany Hamilton. Woven throughout his examination of each is a consideration of religious belief and practice, especially within Christianity, as it relates to athletic ability—the lighthearted stories of victory and overcoming, the inspiring triumph over fragility and limitation so often couched in religious terms. O’Neil’s study draws upon his experiences as a hospital chaplain and his own battle with skin cancer. By blending personal experience with sociological observation, O’Neil argues that the intersection of religion, sports, and disability in popular culture is a revealing site of cultural struggle over competing myths, identities, and values related to the body—both the physical bodies we inhabit as well as the broader social bodies to which we subscribe. Spirit and Sport is a study with broad appeal: from O’Neil’s autoethnographic storytelling to the wide range of narrative media he examines, religious scholars, sports historians, and general audiences alike are sure to find it a thought-provoking and engaging read.

The Spirit of the Game

Author : Mihir Bose
Publisher : Constable
ISBN 13 : 184901826X
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book The Spirit of the Game written by Mihir Bose and published by Constable. This book was released on 2012-01-19 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The spirit of the game was first nurtured on the playing fields of the English public school, and in the pages of Tom Brown's Schooldays- this Corinthian spirit was then exported around the world. The competitive spirit, the importance of fairness, the nobility of the gifted amateur seemed to sum up everything that was good about Britishness and the games they played. Today, sport is dominated by corruption, money, celebrity and players who are willing to dive in the box if it wins them a penalty. Yet, we still believe and talk about the game as if it had a higher moral purpose. Since the age of Thomas Arnold, Sport has been used to glorify dictatorships and was at the heart of cold war diplomacy. Prime Ministers, princes and presidents will do whatever they can to ensure that their country holds a major sporting tournament. Nelson Mandela saw the victory of the Rugby World Cup as essential to his hopes for the Rainbow Nation. Mihir Bose has lived his life around sport and in this book he tells the story of how Sport has lost its original spirit and how it has emerged in the 20th century to become the most powerful political tool in the world. With examples and stories from around the world including how the sport-hating Thomas Arnold become an icon; how a German manufacturer gave Jessie Owens a pair of shoes at the Berlin games of 1936 and went on to dominate the world of sport; how India stole cricket from the ICC; how an Essex car dealer become the most powerful man in Formula 1; and who really sold football out. Praise for Mihir Bose: 'Mihir Bose is India's CLR James.' Simon Barnes, The Times. 'Mihir's insider knowledge is unsurpassed' David Welch. 'His Olympic contacts are second to none. He knows everybody.' Sue Mott.

Rugby Spirit

Author : Gerard Siggins
Publisher : The O'Brien Press
ISBN 13 : 1847174035
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (471 download)

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Download or read book Rugby Spirit written by Gerard Siggins and published by The O'Brien Press. This book was released on 2012-08-29 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Ok, lads, you have everything you need to win this game. So go out and do it ,' said the coach. Eoin's not sure if it will be so easy! He's just started a new school ... and a new sport. Everyone at school is mad about rugby, but Eoin hasn't even held a rugby ball before! With new rules to learn, new friends to make and new teachers to get a handle on, he really doesn't need to have Richie Duffy, the resident bully, picking him out as his latest target! And just who is this guy, Brian, who looks so out-of-date, but gives great rugby advice?

The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Sport

Author : Steven J. Overman
Publisher : Mercer University Press
ISBN 13 : 0881462268
Total Pages : 431 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (814 download)

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Download or read book The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Sport written by Steven J. Overman and published by Mercer University Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steven Overman explores the concordant values of the Protestant ethic, capitalism, and sport by applying German scholar Max Weber's seminal thesis. Weber demonstrated a relationship between the Protestant ethic and a form of economic behavior he labeled the ôcalling of capitalism.ö

Buffalo's Got the Spirit

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780578572413
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (724 download)

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Download or read book Buffalo's Got the Spirit written by and published by . This book was released on 2019-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book about collecting sports memorabilia as a child of the 1960's and 1970's.

The Joy of Sports

Author : Michael Novak
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 156833009X
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (683 download)

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Download or read book The Joy of Sports written by Michael Novak and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1994 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "...an exhilarating exercise full of uncanny insights..." - Publishers Weekly

A Guide to the World Anti-Doping Code

Author : Paul David
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139619306
Total Pages : 415 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (396 download)

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Download or read book A Guide to the World Anti-Doping Code written by Paul David and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-01-17 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The laws relating to anti-doping change rapidly, and the World Anti-Doping Code has been at the centre of significant developments in this area over the last ten years. Since the first edition of this guide, the amended 2009 Code has come into effect and been applied in various decisions before national sporting tribunals and the Court of Arbitration for Sport. This second edition covers the significant changes introduced by the 2009 Code. More than forty summaries of recent cases illustrate the operation of the key provisions of the 2009 Code, in particular the articles relating to anti-doping rule violations and sanctions.

Shooting an Elephant

Author : George Orwell
Publisher : Renard Press Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1913724867
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (137 download)

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Download or read book Shooting an Elephant written by George Orwell and published by Renard Press Ltd. This book was released on 2022-02-14 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Orwell set out ‘to make political writing into an art’, and to a wide extent this aim shaped the future of English literature – his descriptions of authoritarian regimes helped to form a new vocabulary that is fundamental to understanding totalitarianism. While 1984 and Animal Farm are amongst the most popular classic novels in the English language, this new series of Orwell’s essays seeks to bring a wider selection of his writing on politics and literature to a new readership. Shooting an Elephant, the fifth in the Orwell’s Essays series, tells the story of a police officer in Burma who is called upon to shoot an aggressive elephant. Thought to be loosely based on Orwell’s own experiences in Burma, the tightly written essay weaves together fact and fiction indistinguishably, and leaves the reader contemplating the heavy topic of colonialism, with the words ‘when the white man turns tyrant it is his own freedom that he destroys’ echoing from the page. 'A remarkable piece.' (Jeremy Paxman) 'A writer who can – and must – be rediscovered with every age.' (Irish Times)

The Sporting Spirit

Author : Robert J. Higgs
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book The Sporting Spirit written by Robert J. Higgs and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P. This book was released on 1977 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sport and Spirituality

Author : Jim Parry
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134136811
Total Pages : 562 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (341 download)

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Download or read book Sport and Spirituality written by Jim Parry and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-09-12 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sport science can quantify many aspects of human performance but the spiritual dimensions of sports experience cannot be fully understood through measurement. However, the spiritual experience of sport – be it described as ‘flow’, ‘transcendence’ or the discovery of meaning and value – is central both to our basic motivation to take part in sports, and to achieving success. Sport and Spirituality: An Introduction explores these human aspects of sports experience through the perspectives of sport psychology, philosophy, ethics, theology and religious studies. It includes discussions of: Spirituality in the postmodern era Spirituality, health and well-being Theistic and atheistic perspectives on sport and the spiritual Nature and transcendence – the mystical and sublime in outdoor sport Applied sport psychology and the existential Spiritual perspectives on pain, suffering and destiny Sport, the virtues, ethical development and the spirit of the game The Olympic Games and de Coubertin’s ideas of the ‘religio athletae’. This groundbreaking text will be a valuable resource for students of sport and exercise studies, sports coaching, physical education and sport and health psychology. This book should be read by all those interested in the preparation, performance and well-being of athletes.

Spirit of the Dancing Warrior

Author : Jerry Lynch
Publisher : Amber Lotus
ISBN 13 : 9781602373648
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (736 download)

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Download or read book Spirit of the Dancing Warrior written by Jerry Lynch and published by Amber Lotus. This book was released on 2010 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jerry and Chungliang share a long friendship and a lifelong passion for helping others discover the warrior's path of living a fully engaged life. They also share an understanding that athletics and fitness can serve as vehicles to transport us to a more sacred space. Together, they have written Spirit of Dancing Warrior to assist you on this path, filling it with information on practical spirituality and how to use it to achieve peak capacity in all your physical work and play. By opening your heart to the special connection between the physical and the spiritual--whether in the gym, on the field, practiing Tai Chi or ridin

Sport and the Spirit of Play in American Fiction

Author : Christian K. Messenger
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231516614
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Sport and the Spirit of Play in American Fiction written by Christian K. Messenger and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1983-05-31 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this comprehensive and insightful study, Christian K. Messenger contends that American writers have always created characters at play in the sure knowledge that to be active in sport in America is to be in touch with its people, their traditions, and their fantasy lives. This is the first inclusive critical study of sport in American fiction with chapters on individual authors such as Hawthorne, Lardner, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, and Faulkner, as well as studies of sport in the literature of the frontier and in boys' formula fiction. A work of literary criticism, Sport and the Spirit of Play in American Fiction also draws on the cultural history of American sport and leisure and on a century of American literature.

Sport, Ethics and Philosophy

Author : Mike McNamee
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351585649
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)

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Download or read book Sport, Ethics and Philosophy written by Mike McNamee and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-19 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book represents a bold statement concerning the excitement and energy of the field of sports ethics and philosophy in contemporary terms. It is comprised of a collection of commissioned essays from the leading international scholars in the field to celebrate the ten year editorship of Mike McNamee for the journal: Sport, Ethics and Philosophy. The collection includes essays familiar sport philosophers on work about the nature and nuances of sports and games playing, winning and losing, role models and strategic fouling. It also celebrates in phenomenological terms the complex and heterogeneous experience and values of sports in both phenomenological and analytic modes. Finally, it addresses the most serious threats to sport integrity and governance, in the shape of doping, and the unchecked power of sports institutions, and the charisma of sport that is at the mercy of commercialism. This book was originally published as a special issue of Sport, Ethics and Philosophy.

The Heart of a Champion

Author : Frank Deford
Publisher : Creative Publishing International
ISBN 13 : 9781559718370
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (183 download)

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Download or read book The Heart of a Champion written by Frank Deford and published by Creative Publishing International. This book was released on 2002 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the inspirational stories of great athletes and sports champions from the past seventy-five years who have been featured on Wheaties boxes.

Sports Rehabilitation and the Human Spirit

Author : Anita Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781588382962
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (829 download)

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Download or read book Sports Rehabilitation and the Human Spirit written by Anita Smith and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sports Rehabilitation and the Human Spirit tells the intersecting story of a man, Michael E. Stephens, and an organization, the Lakeshore Foundation of Birmingham, Alabama, whose campus is world-renowned for rehabilitation, sports, and fitness services for children and adults who have experienced physical disability as a result of injuries, birth conditions, illness, or in service to our nation. This includes those with paralysis, amputations, and limited mobility and function due to muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, spina bifida, stroke, and other health conditions that could present significant physical challenges. Stephens himself experienced a spinal injury and paralysis as a young man, later becoming a successful hospital executive and entrepreneur. The Foundation came out of this work, and today the Foundation operates a 45-acre campus, the showcase of which is a state-of-the-art 126,000-square-foot building that hosts many regional and national competitions for individual and team sports for those with physical disabilities. Some Lakeshore participants engage in sports and recreation for fun, others are Lakeshore-based athletes engaged in competitive sports, and still others are Paralympic and Olympic athletes who come to Lakeshore Foundation for training; in 2003, Lakeshore was designated by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) as an official U.S. Training Site for Paralympic and Olympic athletes. Mike Stephens's story and Lakeshore's story are told here along with the inspiring stories of many individuals with disabilities who have rebuilt their lives through sports and fitness.