Deepen Your Understanding of Yoga and How It Transforms You

Deepen Your Understanding of Yoga and How It Transforms You, available at $39.99, has an average rating of 4.85, with 31 lectures, 31 quizzes, based on 110 reviews, and has 274 subscribers.

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Title: Deepen Your Understanding of Yoga and How It Transforms You

Price: $39.99

Average Rating: 4.85

Number of Lectures: 31

Number of Quizzes: 31

Number of Published Lectures: 31

Number of Published Quizzes: 31

Number of Curriculum Items: 62

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 62

Original Price: $39.99

Quality Status: approved

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What You Will Learn

Upon completion, course participants will have clear knowledge of the philosophical and historical roots and evolution of Yoga.

Who Should Attend

This course will benefit Yoga practitioners, teachers, enthusiasts and academics as well as anyone interested in knowing more about the history Yoga

Target Audiences

This course will benefit Yoga practitioners, teachers, enthusiasts and academics as well as anyone interested in knowing more about the history Yoga

What is this course about?

This course deepens your understanding of what Yoga is and how it can transform you. It begins with the origins of Yoga in prehistoric times, how the ancient Yogis had a powerful vision for what life is and how to lead a fulfilling, joyous life and achieve perennial peace of mind. The course helps you realize that Yoga is not something one practices for an hour or two in a studio but  about discovering the purpose of one’s life and living it. Yoga is how one lives one’s life. It is about allowing the inner light to shine brightly and illuminate one’s life. 

The  evolution of Yoga is traced from prehistoric to modern times in this course. The narrative is an interesting mix of historical facts, nuggets of philosophy and symbolic Yogic tales.   

Why should I take this course?

The course challenges many common and deep-routed misconceptions about Yoga and induces many “a ha” moments. It explores issues such as how old is the Yogic tradition, is Yoga Hindu religion in disguise, why so many different interpretations of Yogic texts exist and where is Yoga going in the modern world.   

Participants also get glimpses of some of the ancient texts of India such as the Upanishads, Ramayana, Mahabharata and BhagavadGita. This course introduces many Yogis of ancient as well as modern times. It discusses the influence the West has had on how Yoga is perceived and also includes a section on how Yoga influences western thinkers as well as scientists.       

It is very interesting to note how Yoga is bringing men and women of all backgrounds together in the spirit of one global family.

Who is this course for?

This course will benefit Yoga practitioners, teachers, enthusiasts and academics as well as anyone interested in deepening their understanding of Yoga. 

What will I get upon completion of the course?

Upon completion, course participants will have clear knowledge of the philosophical and historical roots and evolution of Yoga and how Yoga is a science of self-transformation. 

Ram Vakkalanka is an RYT500 and E-RYT 200 – a Yoga teacher registered with the Yoga Alliance. This course qualifies for six non-contact hours of RYT continuing education credit.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Vedic Origins of Yoga

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Three Eternal Questions

Lecture 3: Rishis – Ancient Scientists of the East

Lecture 4: Vedic Solution to the Riddle of Life

Lecture 5: Vedic Mantras

Lecture 6: The Veda – Content, Limbs and Misconceptions

Lecture 7: Vedic Idea of Yoga

Chapter 2: Yoga in Pre-recorded History

Lecture 1: Upanishadic Concept of Yoga

Lecture 2: Ramayana: Its Influence on Yoga

Lecture 3: Buddhism: Its Ancient Origins

Lecture 4: Renunciation vs. Worldly life

Lecture 5: Evolution of Schools of Philosophy

Lecture 6: Explanations of some Schools of Philosophy

Chapter 3: Yoga in Recorded History

Lecture 1: Itihasas and Puranas

Lecture 2: Division of Veda

Lecture 3: BhagavadGita and its influence on Yoga

Lecture 4: Gautama Buddha

Lecture 5: Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

Lecture 6: Patanjali’s Lineage

Chapter 4: Yoga vs. Hinduism

Lecture 1: The Origin of ‘Hinduism’

Lecture 2: Islam invasion of India

Lecture 3: Yoga 1000-1900 AD

Lecture 4: Texts of Hatha Yoga

Lecture 5: British Colonization of India

Lecture 6: Christian Yoga

Lecture 7: Women and Yoga in India

Chapter 5: Yoga in the West

Lecture 1: Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902) -1

Lecture 2: The Ambassadors of Yoga in the West

Lecture 3: Influence of Yoga on the Western Science

Lecture 4: Swami Vishnudevananda

Lecture 5: Yoga = Asana?

Instructors

Ram Vakkalanka
Yoga Philosopher, Nada Yogi and Sanskrit expert

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