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The Siva Sutra is perhaps the single most important resource for understanding the cosmology, teachings, and practices of Kashmir Shaivism and its legacy in Shakta Tantrism. This course will present an overview of Book One of the Siva Sutra paying close attention to the commentaries of Kshemaraja and Bhaskara. This course includes twenty-four hours of…
In Mantra Theory we start with Vedic concepts of mantra and work our way historically through some of the most illuminating and important teachings of the Tantra. This course explains in detail the theory of Vac, the goddess who is Voice, as well as the practice of seed-mantra or bija as a Tantric practice. This…
The Yoga Sutra is founded upon a worldview to which few modern yogis would ascribe and yet offers a valuable compendium of advice and practices, drawn from diverse traditions, which are still effective and useful today. This course offers and introduction to the Samadhi Pada, the first book of Patanjali’s treatise on yoga. We will…
Poised between two great armies arrayed for battle, Arjuna, the great, shining archer of the Mahabharata, questions his duty and collapses in his chariot with his eyes filled with tears. And there in the mid-line, in the moment before the battle, taking pause on the Field of Dharma he receives the teachings of Krsna in…
This course examines some of the fundamental concepts needed to gain a basic understanding of Yoga Philosophy. The lectures focus primarily on the concepts of moksa, karma, maya, dharma, and yoga while pulling these ideas through the history and variety of yogic schools. This course includes five hours of lecture, study guides, and access to…
What is the nature of the universe? What is it that we are experiencing when we have an experience? This course will examine some of the ways the traditions of Yoga have sought to answer these questions through the concept of The Tattvas as they emerge in Sankhya Yoga and are then further developed by…
While there is much talk of the Subtle Body in modern yoga, there is no one single theory of what a Subtle Body might mean. In this course we will examine some of the various historical ways that the subtle body has been envisioned by the traditions of yoga and examine how the early views…
Whether pictured as the baby butter thief who holds the universe in his mouth or dancing the Rasa Lila with his beloved Radha, the stories of Krsna enchant us even as they reveal us to ourselves. In this course we will examine the myths of Krsna, gazing into his mouth and finding ourselves. This course…
We live in a world that is at once offering us the opportunity to thrive and devouring us at the same time. Using the lens of Durga, the goddess whose very name means rough going, this course will explore how we can not only live and subsist in such a world, but how we can…
Everywhere one looks, across the entirety of India’s storytelling traditions and vast iconographies, there are images of serpents, sometimes appearing as snakes and other times as serpentine creatures, half-snake, half-something-else. And everywhere we find them, we meet another story about what lies within us, often hidden, always rich and valuable. Humans may have some innate…
