If you’re ready to apply yoga philosophy to your own life—or teach it with clarity and feeling—my classes and workshops create space to sharpen your thinking, steady your inner life, and connect your practice to what matters now.
New Workshop: Beyond Belief
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Hi Reader, I'm writing to let you know about my next live online workshop: Beyond Belief: Yoga Wisdom for Discerning Truth from Falsehood TUITION: $27 The workshop will be recorded — a replay link will be emailed to all registrants. Yoga teachers can receive 1.5 hours of continuing education credit with Yoga Alliance. We have access to more information than ever before—and more exposure to sophisticated attempts to manipulate our beliefs and behavior. So how do we tell the difference between something that’s actually true and something that merely sounds true? Or feels true? How do we test evidence to find out if it's really impartial or being selectively presented? How do we step back far enough from our own biases to keep them from pushing us toward we’re inclined to believe? Is it possible? Yoga has a surprisingly practical framework for answering these questions. Yoga philosophy asks us to examine not only what we believe, but how we know what we think we know, and gives us a system for testing what we think we know to see if it's worthy of our belief. In this workshop, we’ll bring these teachings into the modern information environment and explore:
For yoga teachers, we’ll also consider how these principles can help us present yoga philosophy in a way that invites students to think more analytically about what shows up on their media feeds. The goal isn’t to become cynical or suspicious of everything we hear. It’s to develop a more refined capacity for recognizing what deserves our trust—both in the media and in our own minds. In a world where convincing falsehoods are increasingly easy to manufacture, discernment is a spiritual practice. I hope you'll join me for Beyond Belief: Yoga Wisdom for Discerning Truth from Falsehood TUITION: $27 1.5 Yoga Alliance CE hours available If you have any questions about this workshop, just reply to this email! Hoping you're well in all respects, Hari-k |
Hari-kirtana das
If you’re ready to apply yoga philosophy to your own life—or teach it with clarity and feeling—my classes and workshops create space to sharpen your thinking, steady your inner life, and connect your practice to what matters now.
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