About the course

The primary delivery method for this part of the course will be a series of 11 short (approx. 20-30 minutes each) online video lectures delivered by Dr. Graham Burns and Dr. Mark Singleton. Some of the video lectures are followed by a short online quiz. You may watch each video as many times as you like – and are strongly encouraged to watch them more than once!

Curriculum

7 Chapters · 36 Lessons

  1. 1

    Introduction

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      Introduction to Yoga's Historical Context

  2. 2

    YHC 1

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      Yoga's Historical Context 1

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      Discussion: What is Yoga?

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    YHC 2

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      Introduction: Yoga's Historical Context 2

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      What is yoga?

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      Setting the scene: India before yoga

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      Yogic allusions in the Early Upanishads

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      Yoga in the Later Upaniṣads

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      Philosophy and Yoga

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      Overview of Required Reading (and optional additional reading)

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      Required Reading: A History of Yoga by Graham Burns

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      Required Reading: Yoga and Philosophy by Graham Burns

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      Optional Reading: Chapter 1 of 'Yoga Body' by Mark Singleton

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      Optional Reading: Introduction to 'Roots of Yoga' by James Mallinson and Mark Singleton

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      Optional Reading: Tantra and Classical Yoga by Linda Johnsen

  4. 4

    Assignment 1

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      Instructions

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      Part 1: Multiple Choice Questions

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      Part 2: Short Answer Responses

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      Part 3: Essay

  5. 5

    YHC 3

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      Tantra and Yoga

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      Quiz: Tantra and Yoga

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      Hatha Yoga: The Yoga Of Force

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      Quiz: Hatha Yoga The Yoga of Force

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    YHC 4

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      Introduction

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      Modern Āsana

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      Quiz: Modern Āsana

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      Yoga goes Global

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      Quiz: Yoga goes Global

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      Trends and Themes in Modern Yoga

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      Quiz: Trends and Themes in Modern Yoga

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      Required reading: 'Krishnamacharya’s Legacy' by Fernando Pages Ruiz

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      Required reading: the extract from 'A Student’s Guide to the History and Philosophy of Yoga' by Peter Connolly

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    Assignment 2

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      Instructions

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      Part 1: Multiple Choice Questions

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      Part 2: Short Answer Responses

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      Part 3: Essay

Reinforce your learning with assessment

You will have two history and philosophy assessments during the course. The first will, broadly, cover the period up to (and including) the Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali; the second will chiefly cover the period after the Yoga Sūtras. These assessments will each take the form of (a) a series of multiple choice questions; (b) three 250 to 350 word answers; (c) one 750 to 1000 word answer. These assessments will also cover material from the course modules on the Yoga Sūtras, the Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā, and the Bhagavad Gītā.