Main description:

* This book presents the landscape of consciousness and psychology and connects the possibilities of grounding the discussions in experiential, social, cognitive, and ecological contexts.
* It decolonizes the understanding of consciousness connects the possibilities of grounding the discussions in experiential, social, cognitive, and ecological contexts.
* Will be of interest to students, teachers, and researchers of psychology, consciousness studies, cognitive science, philosophy, social psychology, yoga studies, and yoga psychology across UK and US. It will also be useful for yoga professionals, therapists, social workers, and anyone who is interested to learn about consciousness.

Contents:

1.Consciousness and Three Perspectives 2. Consciousness and fallacies of Cognition'3. Comparing Philosophies of Science: Researching consciousness 4. Models of Mind and Models of Consciousness 5. The Reality: Body, Senses and Cognition 6. Yogis losing self-awareness? Consciousness, Self and Survival Threat 7. Models of Consciousness and Affects: Indian Models of Rasa, Vairagya, and Bhavana 8. Can There be a no-mind? Laya, Rajayoga, Aalaya Vijnana 9. Varieties of Well-being: Mind-Senses-Body-Environment