Active Yoga Philosophy
Not Your Ordinary Philosophy.
Yoga philosophy is a powerful branch of yoga practice sometimes called jnana or wisdom yoga. Unlike western philosophy, yoga philosophy involves active exploration rather than passive argumentation; rather than engage in empty speculation about experience, yoga prefers to experiment with how systems of knowledge exert powerful effects on experience.
Not Your Ordinary Yoga.
How does yoga philosophy work? A simple analogy may help: it works like the postures of Hatha Yoga. Just as Hatha Yoga eliminates toxic substances from the body through postures and breath control, yoga philosophy or jnana yoga eliminates toxic thoughts from the mind through sustained and systematic questioning of its various assumptions. And just as Hatha Yoga postures stretch and tone the body, yoga philosophy stretches and tones the mind, leaving it supple, clear.
Active Yoga Philosophy Bridges Mind and Body
Yoga Sciences Institute has developed a unique approach designed to give you the vision and methods of yoga philosophy directly – without years spent sitting in classrooms or libraries. Our unique approach escorts you efficiently into the vast, inspiring thought-world of yoga so that you can bring its five thousand years of insight to bear on your here-and-now practice, and on your day-to-day life.
We take the word Active seriously. Our Programs combine the powerful mental techniques of yoga philosophy and symbology with carefully-chosen mind-body practices – a unique combination that quickly transforms inspiring ideas into actual experience.
What You’ll Explore in the Active Yoga Philosophy Program
The Active Yoga Philosophy Program helps students master the fundamentals of the yoga sciences in series of seven exciting Modules. It moves from the multilayered symbolism of the ancient Vedas, through the great Hindu and Buddhist yoga systems, to the subtle physiology of the Hatha systems so widely practiced – but seldom understood. In the Active Yoga Philosophy Program, you’ll learn how to think - and not just bend – like a yogi.
I. Veda: Ritual Yoga
II. Upanishad: Mystery Yoga
III. Patanjali: Systematic Yoga
IV. Buddha: Emptiness Yoga
V. Hinduism: World Yoga
VI. Vedanta: Illusion Yoga
VII. Hatha: Sun-Moon Yoga
Explore the mysteries of Active Yoga Philosophy today by downloading the following Program Documents.
Courses may be completed as private lessons, online lessons, group seminars, and one-time Workshops. Contact us for more information.
