The Bhagavad Gita is a call to action. Beyond the asceticism of a solitary yoga practice for the sake of one’s own liberation, is the higher practice of fighting for the sake of the world’s welfare. This workshop series, based on the third chapter of the Bhagavad Gita, discusses the practical application of three leadership principles that can empower us to lead without egoism, see beyond illusion, and exemplify action for all the world to follow. This series helps prepare those who know that the world needs them, to step up into a position of spiritual leadership.

The Bhagavad Gita is a call to action. Beyond the asceticism of a solitary yoga practice for the sake of one’s own liberation, is the higher practice of fighting for the sake of the world’s welfare. This workshop series, based on the third chapter of the Bhagavad Gita, discusses the practical application of three leadership principles that can empower us to lead without egoism, see beyond illusion, and exemplify action for all the world to follow. This series helps prepare those who know that the world needs them, to step up into a position of spiritual leadership. Part 2 of this series focuses on vision.

Dr. Anya Foxen and Dr. Christa Kuberry visit concepts, histories, and the complexities of modern yoga practice. Their recent book Is This Yoga? asks readers to get comfortable with the contradictions that are inherent in yoga’s past and present. Both authors provide us with a rigorously researched and accessible view that is flexible enough to move between and amongst a variety of definitions, understandings, and practices of yoga. This book explicitly strives to center the idea of diversity, conversation, and change when it comes to the story of yoga as we continue to critically question—is this yoga at all? Is This Yoga? is essential reading for undergraduate students approaching the topic for the first time, as well as yoga teachers, teacher training programs, casual and devoted practitioners, and interested non-practitioners.

Ayurveda is a sister science to yoga and one of the oldest natural healing systems on the planet, with South Asian roots. This three-part introductory workshop touches on underlying philosophical foundations of Ayurveda. Learn the fundamentals of the five elements, three doshas, 20 gunas, paradigm of constitution, and sources of balance and imbalance.

Ayurveda is a sister science to yoga and one of the oldest natural healing systems on the planet, with South Asian roots. Part 2 of this three-part workshop series will look at the four seasons, winter, spring, summer, and fall. Review the qualities and tendencies of these times of the year and learn ways to balance through movement, specific asanas, and meditation.

Ayurveda is a sister science to yoga and one of the oldest natural healing systems on the planet, with South Asian roots. The final part of this three-part workshop series will narrow in on the key sites, gunas, and five sub-doshas of Vāta (the vayus), as they pertain to bodily functions, pranayama practices, and asana. There will be readings from classical sutras and a short grounding practice to balance vāta dosha (space and air elements).