Yoga Conference
Conference on Traditional Yoga
March 5-6, 2020
Schedule of Events
Thursday, March 5, 2020
Yoga Session I
3:30p-5:00p
Flowers Hall 230
Gebhard Ebert, Ashtanga Yoga Shala New Braunfels
Join us for a beginner-friendly yoga session led by Gebhard Ebert, a teacher in the Ashtanga Yoga tradition of K. Patabhi Jois.
This session will introduce yogic breathing and meditation along with yoga postures (asanas).
Wear comfortable clothing that permits movement.
A limited number of yoga mats will be available for use; please bring your own mat if you are able.
Registration is required and may be completed online or on-site immediately prior to the event.
Free.
Refreshments
5:00p-5:50p
Comal 116
Keynote: What is Traditional Yoga?
6:00p-7:30p
Comal 116
We are honored to welcome Acharya Shunya to the University to deliver the Keynote Address for this conference.
Acharya Shunya is an internationally recognized spiritual teacher, ordained lineage holder, and authoritative scholar of the Vedic Sciences of Ayurveda, Yoga, and Vedanta.
She is the Founder and Spiritual Preceptor of Vedika Global Wisdom School and Spiritual Community in California and President of California Association of Ayurvedic Medicine.
She is also the No. 1 best-selling author of her newest book Ayurveda Lifestyle Wisdom.
Friday, March 6, 2020
Yoga Session II
9:30a-11:00a
Flowers Hall 230
Navvaratri Venkatrao-Holcombe of Satyananda Yoga Center of Austin
Join us for a beginner-friendly yoga session led by Navvaratri Venkatrao-Holcombe, a teacher in the Satyananda Yoga tradition.
This session will introduce yogic breathing and meditation along with yoga postures (asanas).
Wear comfortable clothing that permits movement.
A limited number of yoga mats will be available for use; please bring your own mat if you are able.
Registration is required and may be completed online or on-site immediately prior to the event.
Free.
Panel: Voices from Yoga Traditions
11:20a-12:50p
Comal 116
Navvaratri Venkatrao-Holcombe, Satyananda Yoga Center of Austin
Gebhard Ebert, Ashtanga Yoga Shala New Braunfels
Pam Johnson, Heights School of Yoga
Our panelists, each dedicated to a traditional path of yoga, will speak about their history in traditional yoga, role as teachers today, and reflections on the future of traditional yoga in the U.S.
Understanding Traditional Yoga: What is a Lineage?
2:00p-3:10p
Stephen Phillips, Ph.D., Professor, University of Texas at Austin
Comal 116
We are pleased to have Professor Stephen Phillips present a talk on yogic lineages.
He will explain what yogic lineages are, how they function, and how they differ from Western religious institutions.
Professor Phillips will also discuss some major lineages.
Yoga Session III
3:30p-5:00p
Pam Johnson, Heights School of Yoga
Flowers Hall 230
Join us for a beginner-friendly yoga session led by Pam Johnson, a Breath Coach and Yoga Educator in the Nath Tradition of Krishnamacharya’s Vinyasakrama Yoga as handed down directly by Srivatsa Ramaswami.
This session will introduce yogic breathing and meditation along with yoga postures (asanas).
Wear comfortable clothing that permits movement.
A limited number of yoga mats will be available for use; please bring your own mat if you are able.
Registration is required and may be completed online or on-site immediately prior to the event.
Free.
Sponsored by the Philosophy Dialogue Series and Office of Equity and Inclusion.
Co-Sponsored by the
Departments of Anthropology, Diversity and Gender Studies, History, International Studies, Philosophy,
Psychology, Sociology, World Languages and Literature.
If you require an accommodation due to a disability,
contact the Department of Philosophy at 512-245-2285. Accommodation requests should be made at least 72
hours in advance of the program start time to ensure availability.
