Yoga Studies: Foundations

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Taught by GTU. Yoga is practiced globally with extensive branches in the West. Interpretations & adaptations of Yoga today are almost exclusively associated with fitness & wellness in the popular imagination. Yet, Yoga includes but surpasses the physical. With strong practices of sacred sound, music, art, and contemplative practices, Yoga has millennia-old roots in Hindu spirituality, Yoga has traditionally represented major paths, often used in collaboration, meant to lead the practitioner to an integrated experience of enlightenment, & fulfillment defined differently by diverse Yoga traditions. We will study central texts of Yoga such as the Bhagavad Gita, Yoga Sutra, and Hatha Yoga Pradipika. the course will explore major traditions of Hindu Yoga: the paths of knowledge, wisdom, love, and selfless service, and explore the yogic journey through its embodied praxes and their basis in literature, philosophy, arts, ethics & medical research. The is online with two onsite teaching sessions. This course is appropriate for MA/MTS & PhD/ThD (additional research).