WEEK 1
Tuesday, August 16, 2022
Course Orientation | Introduction to the Course Structure
Introduction to Yoga and Tantra | History – Foundations – Approach
Course Director: Ms. Gazala Singh
Wednesday, August 17, 2022
Yoga and the Luminous – I: Situating Samkhya and Yoga in the Indian Tradition
The 25 Principles of Samkhya-Yoga and the category of citta
Chapters 1 and 2 of the Yogasutras of Patanjali
Prof. Christopher Chapple
Thursday, August 18, 2022
Yoga and the Luminous – 2: Understanding Power and Freedom
Chapters 3 and 4 of the Yogasutras of Patanjali with special reference to samadhi
Prof. Christopher Chapple
WEEK 2
Tuesday, August 23, 2022
The Soul-Body Relationship in Jainism – I
Embodied Ethics and Freedom in Jaina Faith and Practice
Prof. Christopher Chapple
Thursday, August 25, 2022
The Soul-Body Relationship in Jainism– II
Yoga and Tantra| Jains in History
Prof. Christopher Chapple
WEEK 3
Tuesday, August 30, 2022
An Overview of Buddhist Meditation in the Early Tradition | Samatha and Vipassana
Dependent Origination
Dr. Supriya Rai
Thursday, September 1, 2022
Overview of Abhidharma | Theravada and Sarvastivada
Understanding the categories of Citta, Cetasika, Rupa, Nibbana
Dhamma Theory
Dr. Supriya Rai
WEEK 4
Tuesday, September 6, 2022
The Path of the Bodhisattva | Understanding the Importance of Bodhicitta
Introduction to Madhyamaka I: Two truths
Dr. Supriya Rai
Thursday, September 8, 2022
Introduction to Madhyamaka II: Shunyata
Yogacara | Eight Consciousnesses
Dr. Supriya Rai
WEEK 5
Tuesday, September 13, 2022
The Beginnings of Hatha Yoga | Amritasiddhi and its South Indian Buddhist Origins
Dr. Jim Mallinson
Thursday, September 15, 2022
The Development of Classical Hatha Yoga as taught in the Hathapradipika
Dr. Jim Mallinson
WEEK 6
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
The History of Rajayoga
Dr. Jason Birch
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
Texts and Visual Evidence for Haṭhayoga and Postural Practice in the Early Modern Period
Dr. Jason Birch
Thursday, September 22, 2022: 5.30 -7 PM IST
Hatha Yoga on the Cusp of Modernity: Research findings from ‘The Hatha Yoga Project’ The Postural Practice of the Hathabhyasapaddati
Dr. Jason Birch and Jacqueline Hargreaves
WEEK 7
FREE PUBLIC SEMINAR: 6.30 - 8.30 PM IST
Tuesday, September 27, 2022
New Research on Physical Yoga | Findings from the ERC-funded Hatha Yoga project (2015-2020)
With individual presentations and Q&A to follow
Dr. Jim Mallinson (lead investigator), Dr. Jason Birch and Jacqueline Hargreaves (participating members)
Thursday, September 29, 2022: 5.30 – 7 PM IST
Class participants meet in break-out rooms | Discuss/ ask questions/ share individual practice
Course Director: Ms. Gazala Singh
WEEK 8
PUBLIC SEMINAR: SHAKTA TANTRA AND THE GREAT GODDESS IN EARLY MEDIEVAL INDIA
With Dr. Shaman Hatley
Tuesday, October 4, 2022
The Bhairavatantras and Tantric Goddess Cults
Thursday, October 6, 2022
The Yogic Body
Friday, October 7, 2022
Shakta Art, Ritual, and Material Culture
WEEK 9
Tuesday, October 11, 2022
Situating Sufism, Islam, and Yoga
Prof. Carl Ernst
Thursday, October 13, 2022
A Historical Overview of the Nath Sampradaya | Drawing on Textual, Ethnographic and Art Historical Sources
Dr. Jim Mallinson
WEEK 10
PUBLIC SEMINAR: YOGA AND AYURVEDA IN ANCIENT INDIA
With Prof. Philipp Maas
Tuesday, October 18, 2022
Yoga in the Early Ayurveda of the Carakasamhita
Thursday, October 20, 2022
Ayurveda and Medical Knowledge in Pre-modern Yoga
Week 11: There will be no lectures in the week of Diwali
WEEK 12
Tuesday, November 1, 2022
19th and 20th- Century Scholarship on Yoga and Tantra
Course Director: Ms. Gazala Singh
Thursday, November 3, 2022
Modern Yoga and Therapy
Course Director: Ms. Gazala Singh
WEEK 13
Tuesday, November 8, 2022
1 featured School of Yoga: Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga
TBD
Thursday, November 10, 2022: Praxis and Course Wrap-Up
Guided session of the featured yoga school | Praxis
TBD
Course Wrap-up | Class participants meet in break-out rooms
Course Director: Ms. Gazala Singh