Course Description

Daniel Simpson

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Course Materials

    • A Brief History of Yoga Syllabus

    • A Brief History of Yoga Quiz

    • YA Cont. Ed. Certificate (10 Hours)
  • 2

    Week 1

    • Video - A Brief History of Yoga Course Session 1

    • Audio - A Brief History of Yoga Course Session 1

    • Quotes - A Brief History of Yoga Session1

    • Required Reading 1

    • Required Reading 2

    • 1.3 - Bryant - Yoga Sutras Introduction (2009)

    • 1.4 - McEvilley - Archaeology of Yoga (1981)

    • 1.5 - Brockington - Yoga in the Mahabharata (2003)

    • 1.6 - Malinar - Yoga Powers (2012)

    • 1.7 - Witzel - Vedas and Upanisads (2003)

    • 1.8 - Olivelle - The Upanisads Introduction (1996)

    • Week One Video
  • 3

    Week 2

    • Video - A Brief History of Yoga Course Session 2

    • Audio - A Brief History of Yoga Course Session 2

    • Quotes - A Brief History Session 2

    • Required Reading 1

    • Required Reading 2

    • Required Reading 3

    • 2.4 - Doniger - War and Peace in the Gita (2014)

    • 2.5 - Malinar - Yoga in the Gita (2012)

    • 2.6 - White - Yoga Sutra Biography Ch_1 (2014)

    • 2.7 - Singleton - Classical Reveries (2008)

    • 2.8 - Maas - Classical Yoga (2013)

    • 2.9 - Whicher - Integration of Spirit and Matter (2003)
  • 4

    Week 3

    • Video - A Brief History of Yoga Course Session 3

    • Audio - A Brief History of Yoga Course Session 3

    • Required Reading 1

    • Required Reading 2

    • Required Reading 3

    • 3.4 - Birch - The Meaning of Hatha (2011)

    • 3.5 - Birch - Hidden History (2015)

    • 3.6 - Birch - Proliferation of Asana (2015)

    • 3.7 - Mallinson - Hatha Philosophy (2014)

    • 3.8 - Mallinson - Yogic Identities (2013)

    • 3.9 - Gray - Tantra - Oxford Encyclopaedia (2016)
  • 5

    Week 4

    • Video - A Brief History of Yoga Course Session 4

    • Audio - A Brief History of Yoga Course Session 4

    • Required Reading 1

    • Required Reading 2

    • 4.3 - Singleton - Modern Postural Yoga (2013)

    • 4.4 - Singleton - Rethinking Yoga Body (2015)

    • 4.5 - De Michelis - Modern Yoga (2008)

    • 4.6 - Jain - Modern Yoga (2016)

    • 4.7 - Gandhi and Woolf - Cultural Appropriation (2017)

    • 4.8 - Deslippe - Yogi Bhajan's Kundalini Yoga (2012)