PUBLICATIONS

 

“Tulasi Srinivas, The Cow in the Elevator: An Anthropology of Wonder” (book review), Asian Ethnology, 79/1 (2020).

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Dunn, Laura, and Graham M. Schweig, editors. “Special Issue on Contemporary Yoga Studies: Philosophy, Practice, Ethics, & Applications.” Journal of Dharma Studies 4, no. 1 (Spring 2020).

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“Yoginī-s in the Flesh: Power, Praxis, and the Embodied Divine Feminine,” Journal of Dharma Studies (Springer International), Fall 2018, Berkeley, CA.

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“The Self-Emptying God(dess): Death and Salvation in the Iconographies of the Crucifixion and Chinnamastā,” Berkeley Journal of Religion and Theology (Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley), 4, no. 2, 2018.

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“The Eye of the Beholder: Contemplation of the Tantric Goddess, Chinnamastā:” Parabola Magazine, Volume 41; Issue 1, Spring 2016: The Divine Feminine.

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"The Shadow Side of Yoga,” ed. Carolyn Costin, Joe Kelly, in Yoga and Eating Disorders: Ancient Healing for a Modern Illness (New York: Routledge, 2016).

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“The Alchemical Fire”: Parabola Magazine, Volume 37; Issue 1, Spring 2012: The Burning World.

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“Grace is Here! An Interview with Ram Dass”: Parabola Magazine, Volume 38; Issue 1, Spring 2013 Spirit in the World.

 

 

 

PRESENTATIONS & Projects

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GTUx "Decolonizing Yoga: Indigenous Perspectives," Berkeley, CA

Forthcoming July 2023

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Fetzer Institute Shared Sacred Story Project, Kalamazoo, MI

2022 - Present

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Guest Lecture for "Virtual Sacred Spaces" Seminar, Berkeley

October 2020

 

“Reenchanting the Body: Asceticism of Transnational Ashtanga Yoga,” American Academy of Religion, San Diego

October 2019

 

“Yoginī-s in the Flesh: The Embodied Divine Feminine,” American Academy of Religion, Annual Meeting, Denver

October 2018

 

“Presence and Absence: The Eternal and Ephemeral Image of Dakshinakālī,” Symposium on Semiotics and Hermeneutics in Indian thought, sponsored by the GTU Center for Dharma Studies, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley

April 2018

 

“Kālī: From British India to Modern-Day Laguna Beach, California,” Brown Bag Lunch Series, Brown Bag Lunch Series, Center for Arts and Religion: Doug Adams Gallery, Berkeley

May 2018

 

“Yoginī-s in the Flesh: The Embodied Divine Feminine,” Persistent Voices, Women’s Studies in Religion Student Conference, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley

2018

 

“Yoginī-s in the Flesh: The Embodied Divine Feminine,” Religion and Ritual: Poetics and Performance of the Ineffable, Center for South Asian Studies, University of Hawaii Mānoa, Honolulu

2018

 

“Hinduism & Sustainability” (Respondent), Religion and Kindness, American Academy of Religion Western Regional Conference, Institute of Buddhist Studies, Berkeley

2017

 

“The Iconic Image of Chinnamastā: Mediating the Gap Between Text and Experience,” Violent Borders Book Launch & Graduate Student Showcase, Center for South Asian Studies, Honolulu

2016

 

“The Iconic Image of Chinnamastā: Mediating the Gap Between Text and Experience,” 15th Annual East-West Center International Graduate Student Conference on the Asia Pacific Region, Honolulu

2016

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“Yoga as an Adjunct to Psychotherapy,” Hawaii Psychological Association Conference, Honolulu

Presentation and Panel Discussion with Dr. Thomas Cummings, Dr. Richard Rothschiller, and Bridgette Snyder

2010