Beyond Isolation: An Online Retreat
Presented by the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies
From Me to We – Yoga and Sanskrit
With Zoë Slatoff and Daniel Simpson
Saturday and Sunday
May 23–24, 2020
Enrol now at ochsonline.org
As we look forward to emerging from isolation, this weekend immersion in yoga philosophy and Sanskrit explores how the study of both can help us to nurture collective consciousness.
Combining two of the OCHS’s most popular subjects, we will be reading and chanting from texts, and discussing their practical relevance in challenging times. As taught in the Bhagavad Gita and Yoga Sutra, an important goal of yoga is to alleviate suffering. We will consider this in two different ways that are ultimately one: taking care of the self and the world as a whole.
Day One will focus on individual study (svadhyaya). Day Two’s theme is interconnection, sustaining community (sangha). We will look at a range of traditional readings on these subjects, examining how self-inquiry can be part of a process of reconnecting more harmoniously with one another.
This course is open to all levels of experience with Sanskrit, from newcomers to those who read fluently. Engaging closely with texts from a broad perspective, we will challenge each other to discover new meanings – whether looking at these verses for the first time or the hundredth.
FORMAT
All sessions are held on Zoom in our virtual classroom: access details are sent on enrolment.
Timings: 10.00am–4.00pm (New York); 3.00pm–9.00pm (Oxford).
Price: £75 for one day, or £125 for the weekend.
Enrolment includes access to recordings of all sessions and digital copies of presentations.
SCHEDULE
For full details, see the OCHS website.
Saturday, May 23
Introduction
Mantra and Svadhyaya
The Yoga of Self Care
Sanskrit Verses: Inward Focus
Discussion: Finding Our Way
Sunday, May 24
Sangha through Sandhi
Yoga for Global Wellbeing
Sanskrit Verses: Outward Focus
Discussion: Compassion in Action
Closing Session and Chanting
