FIRST YEAR SEMINARS 113 - Yoga Journeys

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Hobart William Smith Colleges

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Yoga has many faces and has traveled many paths. It is a movement science that strengthens and disciplines the body. It is a philosophical system grounded in the classic Vedic texts of India. It is what scholar Georg Feuerstein refers to as a "psychospiritual technology" of self-realization based in a very particular understanding of the nature of human consciousness. And in America today, it is a really big business. This seminar explores all these aspects of yoga, from its roots in the pre-history of the people of India to today's yoga industry. Students read classic Indian texts; study the anatomy and physiology of yoga practice from the perspective of "western" medicine and "eastern" ayurvedic medicine; trace the development of "old" and "new". One class meeting each week is taught as a yoga class, introducing students to the classical system of asana practice (postures) and to relaxation techniques, with a full-day yoga "intensive" directed by a senior national teacher at the close of the semester. All students are welcome, both those with and without prior experience of yoga

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.HWS.EDU

Phone Number:

(315) 781-3000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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