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Apr 26, 2024
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Loyola Marymount University Bulletin 2014-2015 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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Yoga Studies |
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YGST 620 Yoga Philosophy: Text and Practice
3 semester hours
A close study and discussion of the Yoga Sūtra of Patanjali, the Bhagavad Gītā, select Upanishads, the Sāmkhya Kārikā, the Yogavāsistha, and other classical literature.
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YGST 625 Sanskrit: The Yoga Sutra
3 semester hours
In this course students will translate the sutras from Patanjali’s seminal text the Yoga Sūtra.
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YGST 626 Sanskrit: The Bhagavad Gita
3 semester hours
The Bhagavad Gītā sets forth the primary practices of philosophical and meditational Yoga, including the ways of Knowledge, Action, and Devotion. We will read select passages, completing the study of various aspects of Sanskrit grammar.
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YGST 630 Hatha Yoga Texts
3 semester hours
This course in movement and breathing (Āsana and Prānāyāma) will draw from classical texts such as the Hatha Yoga Pradipikā, the Gherhanda Samhitā, and the Yoga Sāstra, with particular attention to practice applications. Requires demonstration of student teaching skills.
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YGST 640 Buddhism and Yoga
3 semester hours
Yoga’s relationship with Buddhism will be explored with an emphasis on Vipassana, Tibetan Buddhism, and Zen.
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YGST 641 Jaina Yoga
3 semester hours
This course, conducted in India, will study the Jain traditions of Yoga including Preksha meditation and its emphasis on nonviolence. This course will also immerse the students in Jainism through philosophy, ethics, cosmology, and art. This course is generously subsidized by the International School for Jain Studies.
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YGST 650 History of Modern Yoga
3 semester hours
Yoga entered European and North American consciousness through the Romantic poets, the New England Transcendentalists, and the world lecture tour of Swami Vivekananda following the Parliament of the World’s Religions in 1893. In the 20th century, Paramahamsa Yogananda, Mahatma Gandhi, Swami Sivananda, Swami Krishnamacharya and many others introduced large groups of people to the principles and practices of Yoga. The course will explore this legacy. Students will be required to demonstrate teaching ability from select traditions.
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YGST 682 Comparative Mysticism
3 semester hours
In this course, Christian mysticism as found in the writings of Teresa of Avila and Meister Eckhart is compared and contrasted with the interior traditions of India and East Asia including Sāmkhya, Yoga, Taoism, and Yogācarā Buddhism.
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YGST 695 Comprehensive Exam Seminar
3 semester hours
In this course students will be taught study tactics and will work together in preparation for two comprehensive exams. The first question will demand a demonstration of the breadth of knowledge they have learned while the second question will focus more specifically on an area of particular interest to the student within Yoga Studies.
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YGST 696 Writing and Research Seminar
3 semester hours
This course will guide the students as they write their final thesis. The course will aid them through the process by introducing research methods and writing techniques in order to complete a clear final thesis or research project. Students will be able to help one another as different phases of their given projects will be shared in class.
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