Course
All levels
philosophy
Yoga Philosophy and History
Where the practice came from, what the texts actually say, and how modern yoga was assembled.
A reading course, with no poses. It covers the Yoga Sutras, the Bhagavad Gita and the Hatha Yoga Pradipika, then traces how twentieth-century teachers built the physical practice we do now.
Honest about what is ancient, what is recent, and what was invented in a Mysore palace gymnasium.
What you'll study
9 lessons · 3h 40m · 6 contact hours
The texts
- The Yoga Sutras of PatanjaliFree preview30 min
- The Bhagavad Gita30 min
- The Hatha Yoga Pradipika25 min
The history
- Yoga before the poses25 min
- Krishnamacharya and his students28 min
- Yoga arrives in the West22 min
Today
- Appropriation, respect and practice20 min
- Ethics on the mat20 min
- Write your own definition20 min