Yoga: An Ancient Practice in the Modern Landscape
Location
Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094
Presentation Type
Presentation
Start Date
18-9-2018 1:00 PM
Description
The earliest references to yoga are found in artistic images of figures seated in meditation dating back almost 4,000 years. Like all great works of art and literature that grapple with the human condition and traverse millennia to find relevance today, yoga is a timeless subject. As a practice it is intended to help shape and give greater purpose to our experience of being human. It is a practical subject and a spiritual subject. Yoga as a disciplined practice in the eastern landscape is well established, but its emergence onto the western landscape during the 20th century has perhaps given it its greatest reach and popular recognition. There are a handful of gurus that have pioneered the practice of yoga as we see it today. We will look briefly at the history of yoga and its emergence into popular culture, giving special attention to several of the foremost modern teachers.
Recommended Citation
Mckinney, Aretha, "Yoga: An Ancient Practice in the Modern Landscape" (2018). Humanities Symposium. 27.
https://repository.belmont.edu/humanities_symposium/2018/2018/27
Yoga: An Ancient Practice in the Modern Landscape
Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094
The earliest references to yoga are found in artistic images of figures seated in meditation dating back almost 4,000 years. Like all great works of art and literature that grapple with the human condition and traverse millennia to find relevance today, yoga is a timeless subject. As a practice it is intended to help shape and give greater purpose to our experience of being human. It is a practical subject and a spiritual subject. Yoga as a disciplined practice in the eastern landscape is well established, but its emergence onto the western landscape during the 20th century has perhaps given it its greatest reach and popular recognition. There are a handful of gurus that have pioneered the practice of yoga as we see it today. We will look briefly at the history of yoga and its emergence into popular culture, giving special attention to several of the foremost modern teachers.
Comments
Convocation Credit: Society and the Arts and Sciences