Yoga and Architecture: The Art of Dwelling

Yoga is all about experience. If the Self is not present as a silent witness during the practice, such ends up empty of meaning. By the same token, Architecture can only come to life if the direct experience of the dweller (the Self) is deeply imprinted in each and every element of its final product. In Yoga, such as in Art and Architecture, the experience of the Self may contain innumerable subtleties that the expression of such may be better accomplished through analogy or metaphor. It's a means of explaining the inexplicable. Miriam Hamui, Architect and Yoga teacher and practitioner as well, has gathered the inexplicable of both disciplines and used each to explain the other in order to convey her experience as a human being living inside and outside of her body. To explain Yoga, she has applied Frank Llyod Wright's Fallingwater house, a legendary masterpiece that has redefined the art of inhabiting. Likewise, illustrations representing the different aspects of the Human Anatomy according to the Yoga tradition, clarify the idea of Architecture. The result: an enjoyable short essay, full of imagery, which speaks directly from the author's heart to the heart of the reader.

Author: Alin Guindi,Miriam Hamui
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 11/11/2013
Pages: 48
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.23lbs
Size: 8.50h x 8.50w x 0.12d
ISBN: 9781492707226

About the Author
Miriam Hamui practices Yoga since 2001. Originally an Architect, she has become passionate about the subtle experience of inhabiting a space, and through Yoga, she has extrapolated it to the experience of inhabiting the space of the body. Such curiosity has led her to write Yoga and Architecture: The Art of Dwelling (versions in English and Spanish). Miriam is a certified teacher of Vijnana Yoga (800 hours) and Hatha Yoga (250 hours). Currently she is training as a somatic educator through the school of Body Mind Movement. She teaches regular classes and workshops in Mexico City.

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