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Required Concentrations
*Student choose 2 of 4 tracks
MAS 264 Yoga & Psychology of Chakras Segarra, 3.0 credits
Myofascial Yoga is a blending vinyasa/ashtanga yoga taught in a hot room to assist the muscles and fascial body to stretch safely. This course emphasizes the blending of breath with movement in a conscious way, connecting the mind-body. Emphasis will be on using the core stomach muscles throughout the postures. Students will learn postures that include stretching, breathing, body mechanics, alignment, and form, along with inner attention to one’s self. The application of the seven chakras blended with Jungian Psychology will support the mind-body connection in this course.
HHHA 143 Svastha Yoga Parker, 3.0 credits
Svastha Yoga is a practical approach to yoga that allows individuals to relieve the mind of daily stress, build the body’s strength, flexibility, and stamina, and achieve a sense of reintegration. The system was coined by A.G. and Indra Mohan, both long time personal students of the legendary Sri Krishnamacharya. Emphasis will be on properly executed asanas, vinyasa karma (sequencing) and adaptation, the use of sound and pranayama, the process of meditation, and specific guidelines for adapting postures for individuals. In addition, this course encourages students to better articulate, analyze, and prescribe practices for various structural and functional issues.
HHHA 293 Svastha Yoga II Parker, 3.0 credits
Svastha II is an intermediate level course designed as a continuation of Svastha I. Students will deepen their understanding of structural yoga and breath-based movement. The course emphasizes intermediate to advanced postures, vinyasa krama (sequencing), adaptation, and the science of class design. In addition, we will deeply examine Patanjali's Kriya Yoga: Tapas Svadyaya Isvara Pranidhana, what practical methodologies he has given for keeping the body, speech, and mind steady, why we should include all pillars of Kriya Yoga or "The Yoga of Action", and how to use pranayama to control citta (movement of the mind).
MAS 262 Myofascial Yoga & Anatomy Trains Segarra, 3.0 credits
Myofascial Yoga is a blending of disciplines slowed down to facilitate the opening of connective tissue in order to assist the muscles and fascial body in stretching safely. The course emphasizes the combining of breath and movement to consciously connect mind and body. Students learn postures, breathing, body mechanics, alignment, and form, along with inner attention to one’s self. Thom Myers’Anatomy Trains is explored throughout the course, deepen our understanding of how the body compensates for injury patterns, traumas, and other connective tissue issues.
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Required Courses
HHHA 140 Yoga Anatomy Segarra, 1.0 credit
Yoga Anatomy is an introductory anatomy and physiology course designed to establish a sound basis of the basic body systems and what happens in the body through breath and movement in yoga practice. Effects and adaptations of the body, breath, and awareness in the movements/postures will be explored.
HHHA 141 Yoga Teaching Methodologies & Ethics Parker, 1.0 credit
Yoga Teaching Methodologies & Ethics introduces students to the different approaches, techniques, philosophies, and methods of teaching yoga, as well as the professional ethics involved in becoming a yoga teacher. Emphasis will be on study of the 8 limbs of Yoga, particularly the Yamas & Niyamas, the principles of professional standards, obtaining licensure and insurance, and identifying, developing, and integrating teaching skills in hands-on practice and question and answer segments.
HHHA 142 Yoga Therapy I Parker, 1.0 credit
Yoga therapy I: Yoga Therapy for Personal Wellness is the adaptation and application of yoga techniques to help individuals facing health challenges manage their condition, stabilize structural imbalances, and improve their state of mind. Students learn how six factors—diet, environment, lifestyle, exercise, breathing techniques, and meditation techniques—can be used to restore balance to both body and mind. The course provides an integrated model that addresses all aspects of health and well being—both for maintaining health and resolving conditions of ill health. Students learn how to utilize and adapt practices such as breathing, chanting, and mantra for the treatment of psychological and physiological imbalances.
MAS 264 Yoga & the Myofascial Body Segarra, 1.0 credit
Yoga and the Myofascial Body is a two-day experience of asana practice that explores how to open the myofascial body through different yoga postures. We will utilize Thom Myers’ Anatomy Trains in combination with asana. Students will be challenged to observe and identify how they carry themselves in their daily lives and how to create therapeutic change through the proper development of an asana practice.
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Electives
HHHA 293 Ayurveda Shaw, 1.0 credit
This course introduces students to various theories and modalities of Ayurveda lifestyle, cooking, and herbs. An overview of Eastern philosophies will be taught and demonstrated to students. The course is didactic and experiential in nature. Students will learn how Ayurveda is a complete philosophy of life, and that the non-material components of our lives-our consciousness, mind, thoughts and emotions—animate and direct or physical beings. tools for self-observation and self-healing. Emphasis will be on constitutional types, imbalances, and lifestyle techniques to support the return to balance.
HHHA 144 Yoga Therapy II Parker, 1.0 credit
Yoga therapy II is a continuation from Yoga Therapy for Personal Wellness I. In this course, we will look more deeply into Yoga Cikitsa: Yoga as a therapeutic model. Specifically, becoming aware of conditioned patterns of movement and lifestyle that cause conditions of imbalance, stress, illness, or duhkha (suffering), and how to develop and adapt a practice with a specific wellness goal. This course presents case studies and the accompanying yoga cikitsa practices designed to aid specific chronic aches and pains, diseases, and emotional health issues.
HHHA 293 Chant: The Yoga Sutras Parker, 1.0 credit
The Yoga Sutras is the authoritative text of Yoga Philosophy as expounded by the great sage Patanjali. Traditionally, students learned the Sutras from a teacher through call-and-response chanting. In this manner, over time, the sensory organs, which influence the mind, were refined and purified. With a consistent chanting practice the terminology, sound vibrations, and energetics of the meaning of Yoga become familiar to the aspirant. In this way, the wisdom of the Sutras becomes illuminated within. In course we will begin to chant Chapter 1: Samadhi Pada,placing attention on proper pronunciation, vocal quality, and meaning, increasing the student's Sanskrit vocabulary and developing the listening skills and presence of awareness to cultivate a steady, focused mind.
HHHA 293 Yoga Psychology Parker, 1.0 credit
Yoga, the oldest psychology in the world, is presented to us in an authoritative and definitive text, the Yogasutras of Patanjali. We will look at how this ancient psychology offers timeless answers to the fundamental issues that we face in our lives. Does happiness lie in self-discipline or self-indulgence? How does one attain freedom from unhappiness when desire and goals are ever changing? Students will learn how Yoga helps us to understand how the mind works, while providing powerful tools to reduce negative emotions and mental states. This weekend course will include practical asana, pranayama, and meditation sessions intersperesed with lecture.
HHHA 293 Yoga Teaching Lab Parker, 1.0 credit
The Yoga Teaching Lab emphasizes the practice and teaching of Hatha Yoga. Students will create, organize, and teach a minimum of two classes (45-minutes each) including asana, pranayama, meditation, and/or chanting, and the student's own unique style of self-expression. The goal is to support Yoga teachers-in-training to develop the confidence, poise, verbal queues, and techniques needed to be an effective teacher. Students will also be required to provide constructive feedback to their peers.
HHHA 293 Chants of India Parker, 1.0 credit
In Chants of India students will learn to chant Sanskrit mantras and chants from the Vedas, Upanishads and other ancient scriptures (such as the famous Gayatri mantra) to enrich their practice of Yoga. Students will learn how to listen more deeply, as well as how to utilize chanting as a foundation for pranayama and meditation practices. Students will come to understand how these sacred utterances promote healing, focus the mind, and enhance a sense of well being. We will also explore how chanting improves stamina when combined with movement.
HHHA 103 Kundalini Yoga Ellis-Sankari, 3.0 credits
Kundali Yoga explores the fundamentals of Kundalini Yoga including exercise sets (Kriyas), breathing techniques (pranayam),and mental concentration and relaxation techniques; i.e. meditation. The focus is on strengthening the nervous system and balancing the endocrine glandular system.
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