Immersion Curriculum

There are 2 required textbooks:

Anatomy and Asana – Preventing Yoga Injuries           
The Heart of Yoga: Developing a Personal Practice           

Recommended reading:

Yoga and the Quest for the True Self by Stephen Cope

Techniques:

• Asana – history, philosophy, psychology and alignment

• Pranayama – theory and practice of a number of different techniques

• Meditation – theory and practice of a number of different techniques

• Bandhas – application to pranayama and asana

• Kriya – cleansing practices

Anatomy & Physiology:

• Western approach – musculoskeletal, respiratory, digestive, circulatory, and nervous systems

• Eastern approach – chakras, nadis, 5 koshas, 3 bodies

Philosophy & Ethics:

• History of Yoga

• Benefits of Yoga

• Paths of Yoga – bhakti, karma, jnana, raja, tantra

• Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

• The spiritual path

Other Topics:

• Chanting/Mantra

• Introduction to Sanskrit

• Common injuries – treatment and prevention

• Spiritual/Yogic texts – intro to the Bhagavad Gita, Upanishads, Vedas, Puranas

by Susi Hately-Aldous

by T.K.V. Desikachar