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On April 20th, 2023, Yogic Studies Founder and Director Seth Powell successfully defended his PhD dissertation at Harvard University, entitled "A Lamp on Śivayoga: The Union of Ritual, Yoga, and Devotion in the Śivayogapradīpikā." His dissertation committee at Harvard's Committee on the Study of...
Yoga and the Traditional Physical Practices of South Asia: Influence, Entanglement and Confrontation (eds. Bevilacqua & Singleton 2023)
This special issue of the Journal of Yoga Studies is an edited volume by Daniela Bevilacqua and Mark Singleton with...
Every Language is a Dialect
Some might presume, upon learning that Dr. Rajiv Ranjan is from Northeast India, that Hindi is his first language. But underneath the veil of a supposed lingua franca, a rich diversity of local languages persist in modern-day India. Dr. Ranjan's mother tongue is...
The Path of the Pali-Wala
As an adolescent, Aleix Ruiz-Falqués was interested in filmmaking, the arts, and literature; things that he says, "seemed very far away in time." He had a fascination with asceticism and saints that led him to study Classics at the University of Barcelona, where...
SOAS University of London recently hosted a free webinar open to the public, Yoga: Past and Present,
In this webinar, Professor Andrew Nicholson explores the ancient Indus Valley and Vedic roots of yoga, followed by Dr. James Mallinson presenting on the development of yoga in medieval times,...
Today we celebrate Yogic Studies Teaching Assistant, Dr. Sabbi Lall, who recently presented her Master's thesis project to members of the Yoga Studies community at the SOAS Centre of Yoga Studies.
Her project explored the use of yogeśvara in a range of Sanskrit texts. She...
Yogic Studies Founder and Director, Seth Powell, sits down for a discussion about the burgeoning field of Yoga Studies, Sanskrit translation, manuscript hunting, and Seth's ongoing research on the Śivayogapradīpikā with Keen on Yoga host Adam Keen. Tune in to learn more about Yogic...
Last week marked the conclusion of Yogic Studies' first-ever Spoken Sanskrit series, led by Dr. Varun Khanna of Swarthmore College. The series employed a hands-on online learning experience that allowed students to gather for twice-weekly speaking lessons, where they gained the ability...
Today marks a pivotal moment in Yogic Studies history and an incredible boon for Yogic Studies and Buddhist Studies Online students, as the two platforms merge into one convenient location for all things Yogic and Buddhist Studies, all under the existing Yogic Studies platform.
Beginning...
Prospective language learners tuned in from all over the globe on April 12th, 2022 for a virtual language open house and meet-and-greet with Dr. Antonia Ruppel (Sanskrit), Dr. Rajiv Ranjan (Hindi), and Dr. Aleix Ruiz-Falqués (Pali). Together, they explored the online...
Join Dr. Antonia Ruppel for an exploration of her newest Sanskrit publication on the New Books Network, hosted by Dr. Raj Balkaran. Listen below or follow this link.
An Introductory Sanskrit Reader: Improving Reading Fluency (Brill, 2021) aims to help students start reading...
The Sanskrit language is one of India's greatest gifts to the world. Indian grammarians developed techniques for language analysis that the West arrived at over 2,000 years later. Sanskrit literature offers something for everyone, from grand stories to beautiful poetry, intricate philosophical...
