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CSPH 5317
Yoga: Ethics, Spirituality, and Healing
10 week graduate course, Summer Session, 2 credits
Kalachakra: Symbol of Yoga Course
Time
Wednesdays, 4:40-7:30 p.m.
Dates
June 17 through August 19, 2009.
Place:
Mayo Meditation Room
Faculty
Miriam E. Cameron, Ph.D., M.S., M.A., R.N., teaches this course, with assistance from Swami Veda Bharati and other guest speakers.
Credits
A student can earn 2 undergraduate or 2 graduate credits.
Students
This course is open to University of Minnesota juniors, seniors, graduate students, and the public. A student may take the course in person or as as distance student.
Course Description
This course will introduce students to ethics, spirituality, and healing from the perspective of Yoga, an ancient Indian discipline. Students will examine the claim that systematic Yoga practice leads to optimal health. Using critical thinking, students will evaluate philosophical knowledge, scientific evidence, and practical application, and propose research-based programs for integrating Yoga into personal and professional life.
Required Textbooks (Paperbacks).
Hartranft, C. (2003 or latest paperback edition). The Yoga-Sutra of Patanjali: A new translation with commentary. Boston: Shambhala Classics.
McCall, T. (2007). Yoga as medicine: The yogic prescription for health and healing. New York: Bantam Dell.
Suggested Textbook (Paperback).
Arya, P.U. (Bharati, S.V.). (1998). Philosophy of hatha yoga. Honesdale, PA: The Himalayan International Institute.
Swami Veda Bharati
Hatha Yoga
Hatha Yoga is practiced in order to train the body to serve as a fit vessel for the spirit of God within, so that when the coils of divine energy are uncoiled, the body will not become a hindrance but will be physically ready to receive, channel, and use beneficially the spiritual energy realized and released from within itself.
Bharati, S.V. (Arya, P.U.). (1998). Philosophy of hatha yoga. Honesdale, PA : Himalayan Institute Press, p. 84.
Swami Veda's Sadhaka Grama Ashram in India
Pajanjali's Eight Limbs of Yoga
- Ethical restraint – not harming, truthfulness, not stealing, chastity, and not being acquisitive.
- Self-restraint – cleanliness of mind and body, contentment, intense discipline, self-study, and dedication to the Infinite.
- Posture – cultivation of profound physical steadiness and effortless, so body and mind move in harmony and all dualities of mind cease.
- Breath expansion– sustained observation and refinement of all aspects of breathing, so as to enhance and channel life force (prana) in the breath.
- Sensory inhibition - withdrawal of the senses from the external world into the interior self.
- Concentration – locking attention on a single object or field, such as the breath or a lit candle.
- Meditation – profound state of quiet and relaxation.
- Unity – transcending state of integration and ecstasy.
- The Yoga Sutra by Patanjali
The eight photos in the banner below illustrate each of Patanjali's Eight Limbs.
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