Workshop · Study · Online or in person
The History of Yoga
What are we really doing when we practice yoga, and what does it mean for us?
- Length
- 90 minutes to 2 hours
- Format
- Online or in person at a studio
- For
- Teachers and curious practitioners
About this workshop
Know where your practice came from, and it changes where it can go.
Learning about our yoga practice’s Western cultural and spiritual heritage shows us how we bring our own understandings and misunderstandings, hopes and concerns, to our interpretation of tradition. Like the practice itself, this knowledge can reveal what we most desire.
This workshop explores the history of our modern practice and includes a discussion about the practice of yoga and its relation to spirituality and religion. You’ll learn about common misconceptions and the origins of several modern styles.
We explore
- 01A timeline of yoga reaching today’s classrooms
- 02The Yoga Sutras
- 03The 8 Limbs of Ashtanga
- 04The Yamas and the Niyamas
- 05Yoga, spirituality and religion
- 06Misconceptions and the origins of modern styles