Lower back pain is one of the most prevalent physical complaints in society. Here, workshop hosts explain why this is so common and reveal how yoga can offer relief when compared to surgery or pharmaceutical interventions.
This sangha offers a transformative process of building communities to wholeness. Participants will develop a greater capacity for empathy in providing healing for both those who are harmed and those who cause harm.
This four-part series introduces ethical and social philosophies of yoga, including Yogic Models of Understanding and Colonialism; Yoga and Thinking Philosophically, Religion, Spirituality; Categories of Western Imperialism vs Yoga; and Yoga as a Basic Ethical Theory.
The COVID-19 pandemic and recent social justice movements show us how connected we all are. This series aims to foster a greater connection with the international yoga community and better inform participants about areas of challenge and opportunity faced by the yoga community around the world.
A four part series with Anya P. Foxen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Women’s and Gender Studies at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. This workshop series untangles the complicated roots of our modern yoga practice. From Indian ascetics, tantric mystics, and bodybuilders, to European philosophers, wizards, and dancers, we’ll trace the wild rhizomatic web that got us to the physical and spiritual practices of today. Closed captioning will be available.
Much like meditation and the practice of yoga, stories help in healing the mind, spirit, and body—some by listening and others by telling. This sangha includes time for Q&A with presenters.