WEEK 1:
The Rise of Hatha Yoga and the Kaula Nāthas

• The Integrity of the ‘Hatha Yoga’ corpus and the loss of Tantric Vinyāsa
• Matsyendra, Goraksha, and the Tantric-based Nātha lineages: the early phase of ‘Hatha Yoga’
• Case Study: the 100 Verses of Goraksha, an early work of Hatha Yoga
  
  

 

WEEK 2:
Dancing Mystics in the Late-Medieval Period:
Bhakti Revolution II

• The post-Tantric Bhakti resurgence and its impact on the evolution of modern yoga
• Lalleshwari, Mirabai, Caitanya, Kabir, Sahajiyas, Virashaivas, Ramakrishna

WEEK 3:

The Transmission of Yoga to the West

• Vivekananda, Yogananda, Shivananda, Muktananda, and beyond
• From Kailash, Mysore, and Chennai to the West
  
  
  

WEEK 4:

The Source Texts for Westernized  ‘Hatha Yoga’
in the West

• Shat-Chakra-Nirupana, Hatha-Yoga-Pradipika, and Gheranda Samhita: the Western Sources
• The Western look of ‘Hatha Yoga’ without the ritual of its original Vinyāsa

 

WEEK 5:

Lost in Translation:
The Modern Evolution of Yoga-Vinyasa

• The lineages of Krishnamacharya
• The influence Krishnamacharya’s disciples on the evolution of Yoga in the West

WEEK 6:

Tantric Roots and Evolutionary Vinyāsa
Gifts and Challenges to the Future Unfolding of Yoga

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PART IV : 13th century to present

THE POST-TANTRIC EVOLUTION OF 
HATHA YOGA VINYĀSA

 

APRIL 22th – MAY 27th