Indic Storytelling – Exploring Yoga

Introduction

Through this course, learners will explore the Story Path to Yoga. Most of the learning and assignments will be complete during the live sessions.

Course Objectives

• Make learners interested in Indic culture by making them experience and enjoy the beauty and joy of our rich oral tradition
• Guide them to engage with our Itahasas and Puranas to appreciate their import 
• Inspire them to reflect on the deeper meanings that these can unravel and arrive at their relevance in daily life

Course Outcomes

• Develop new lens and gain wider perspectives with respect to our oral traditions
• Continue to recall and remember these learnings since storytelling is all about building the corpus of memory
• “View” oral stories as “catalysts” for triggering self-reflecting through the interactions and activities
• Use these not just as entertainment but edutainment towards growing their skills and knowledge of self
• Find tools for reflection (on the self and the world) and consequently  self-growth and blossoming

Course Syllabus

• The trajectory of themes explored will range from  Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, eight limbs of yoga, some asana practice, to concepts from Yama and Niyama like Satya and Swadhyaya
• The introductions to the learning will be through employing stories, oral telling, songs, and chants
• Exploration and reinforcement of learning will be through class interactions and pre and post activities

Course includes

• Live sessions
• Access to class recordings (for asynchronous participation)
• Certificate of Completion